Pale goldenrod

#d4d4ae

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

Pale goldenrod is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #d4d4ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d4d4ae

RGB212, 212, 174

HSL60, 31%, 76%

HSV60, 18%, 83%

CMYK0%, 0%, 18%, 17%

Lab84.04, -6.29, 18.85

XYZ58.33, 64.14, 49.35

Decimal13948078

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5797 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#c8c897 #bbbb80 #afaf68 #9f9f55 #888848 #71713c #5a5a30 #424223 #2b2b17 #14140b

Tints of pale goldenrod

#d8d8b5 #dbdbbc #dfdfc3 #e3e3ca #e6e6d1 #eaead8 #eeeedf #f1f1e5 #f5f5ec #f9f9f3

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#aeaed4 Analogous#d4c1ae Analogous#c1d4ae Triadic#aed4d4 Triadic#d4aed4 Split complementary#aec1d4 Split complementary#c1aed4

Pale goldenrod in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 18, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d4d4ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 18 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 21 23

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pale goldenrod in css

Copy #d4d4ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d4d4ae; }
.text { color: #d4d4ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d4d4ae; }

How pale goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d4d4ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d4d4ae against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d4d4ae sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn pale goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d4d4ae 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 pale goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #d4d4ae is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.