Goldenrod

#cda35a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for goldenrod, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Goldenrod, a soft orange at 38 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #cda35a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cda35a

RGB205, 163, 90

HSL38, 53%, 58%

HSV38, 56%, 80%

CMYK0%, 20%, 56%, 20%

Lab69.41, 6.94, 43.36

XYZ40.12, 39.91, 15.26

Decimal13476698

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone465 C

Shades of goldenrod

#c79846 #ba8b38 #a67b32 #916c2c #7d5d26 #694e20 #543f1a #403013 #2c210d #171207

Tints of goldenrod

#d2ab69 #d6b478 #dbbc87 #dfc597 #e4cda6 #e9d6b5 #eddec4 #f2e6d3 #f6efe2 #fbf7f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#5a84cd Analogous#cd6a5a Analogous#becd5a Triadic#5acda3 Triadic#a35acd Split complementary#5abecd Split complementary#6a5acd

Goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 56, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cda35a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 56 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 56 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #cda35a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cda35a; }
.text { color: #cda35a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cda35a; }

How goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cda35a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cda35a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cda35a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around goldenrod? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cda35a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #cda35a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.