Goldenrod

#d6a656

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

Goldenrod sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #d6a656, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d6a656

RGB214, 166, 86

HSL38, 61%, 59%

HSV38, 60%, 84%

CMYK0%, 22%, 60%, 16%

Lab71.04, 8.82, 47.49

XYZ43.05, 42.24, 14.69

Decimal14067286

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone143 C

Shades of goldenrod

#d19b40 #c68e30 #b07e2b #9b6f26 #855f20 #6f501b #5a4016 #443110 #2e210b #191206

Tints of goldenrod

#daae65 #deb675 #e1be84 #e5c794 #e9cfa3 #edd7b3 #f0dfc2 #f4e7d2 #f8efe1 #fcf7f1

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#5686d6 Analogous#d66656 Analogous#c6d656 Triadic#56d6a6 Triadic#a656d6 Split complementary#56c6d6 Split complementary#6656d6

Goldenrod in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 60, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d6a656 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 60 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 59 22

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 #d6a656 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d6a656; }
.text { color: #d6a656; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d6a656; }

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 #d6a656 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d6a656 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 #d6a656 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 #d6a656 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 #d6a656 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.