Pale goldenrod

#dcd296

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

This is Pale goldenrod, a soft yellow at 51 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #dcd296, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd296

RGB220, 210, 150

HSL51, 50%, 73%

HSV51, 32%, 86%

CMYK0%, 5%, 32%, 14%

Lab83.71, -5.53, 31.04

XYZ58.07, 63.51, 38.05

Decimal14471830

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone616 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#d4c77d #cbbc63 #c3b14a #b09f3b #968832 #7d712a #635a21 #4a4319 #302c10 #171508

Tints of pale goldenrod

#e2daa8 #e5deb1 #e8e2bb #ebe6c4 #eeeacd #f1edd6 #f4f1df #f7f5e8 #fbf9f2

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#96a0dc Analogous#dcaf96 Analogous#c3dc96 Triadic#96dcd2 Triadic#d296dc Split complementary#96c3dc Split complementary#af96dc

Pale goldenrod in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 32, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd296 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 32 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 33 20

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.

Pale goldenrod in css

Copy #dcd296 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd296; }
.text { color: #dcd296; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd296; }

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 #dcd296 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd296 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dcd296 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dcd296 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

Here is how the numbers for #dcd296 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.