Goldenrod

#cdb23c

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

Goldenrod is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #cdb23c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdb23c

RGB205, 178, 60

HSL49, 59%, 52%

HSV49, 71%, 80%

CMYK0%, 13%, 71%, 20%

Lab72.99, -2.99, 60.9

XYZ41.91, 45.15, 10.78

Decimal13480508

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone103 C

Shades of goldenrod

#c0a631 #ae962d #9b8528 #887523 #76651e #635519 #504515 #3e3510 #2b250b #181506

Tints of goldenrod

#d2b94e #d6c060 #dbc772 #e0cf84 #e4d696 #e9dda8 #ede4bb #f2ebcd #f7f2df #fbf9f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#3c57cd Analogous#cd6a3c Analogous#a0cd3c Triadic#3ccdb2 Triadic#b23ccd Split complementary#3ca0cd Split complementary#6a3ccd

Goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 13, 71, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdb23c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 71 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 69 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 #cdb23c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdb23c; }
.text { color: #cdb23c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdb23c; }

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 #cdb23c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdb23c 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 #cdb23c 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 #cdb23c 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

The figures for #cdb23c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.