Goldenrod

#e3b460

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

Goldenrod is a mid orange with grounded warmth. 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 #e3b460, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e3b460

RGB227, 180, 96

HSL38, 70%, 63%

HSV38, 58%, 89%

CMYK0%, 21%, 58%, 11%

Lab75.96, 7.56, 48.7

XYZ50.11, 49.82, 18.04

Decimal14922848

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone1365 C

Shades of goldenrod

#dfa847 #da9d2e #c88d23 #af7b1f #966a1a #7d5816 #654712 #4c350d #332409 #1a1205

Tints of goldenrod

#e6bb6e #e8c27d #ebc88b #edcf9a #f0d6a8 #f2ddb6 #f5e3c5 #f7ead3 #faf1e1 #fcf8f0

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#608fe3 Analogous#e37260 Analogous#d0e360 Triadic#60e3b4 Triadic#b460e3 Split complementary#60d0e3 Split complementary#7360e3

Goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 58, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e3b460 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 58 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 57 17

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 #e3b460 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e3b460; }
.text { color: #e3b460; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e3b460; }

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 #e3b460 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e3b460 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 #e3b460 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 #e3b460 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 #e3b460 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.