Goldenrod

#ddac3f

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

This is Goldenrod, a strong orange at 41 degrees. 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 #ddac3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddac3f

RGB221, 172, 63

HSL41, 70%, 56%

HSV41, 71%, 87%

CMYK0%, 22%, 71%, 13%

Lab73.05, 7.22, 60.28

XYZ45.47, 45.24, 11.04

Decimal14527551

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone124 C

Shades of goldenrod

#d9a329 #c69423 #b1841f #9b741b #866418 #705314 #5b4310 #45330c #302308 #1a1305

Tints of goldenrod

#e0b451 #e3bb62 #e6c374 #eacb86 #edd297 #f0daa9 #f3e2bb #f6e9cc #f9f1de #fcf8f0

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#3f70dd Analogous#dd5d3f Analogous#bfdd3f Triadic#3fddac Triadic#ac3fdd Split complementary#3fbfdd Split complementary#5d3fdd

Goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 71, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddac3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 71 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 69 19

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 #ddac3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddac3f; }
.text { color: #ddac3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddac3f; }

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 #ddac3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddac3f 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 #ddac3f 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 #ddac3f 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 #ddac3f are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.