Light goldenrod yellow

#e8ffca

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

Light goldenrod yellow is a pale green that feels quiet. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light goldenrod yellow color values

Every conversion for #e8ffca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8ffca

RGB232, 255, 202

HSL86, 100%, 90%

HSV86, 21%, 100%

CMYK9%, 0%, 21%, 0%

Lab97.2, -16.45, 22.88

XYZ79.7, 92.94, 69.62

Decimal15269834

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone365 C

Shades of light goldenrod yellow

#d5ff9f #c3ff75 #b0ff4a #9eff1f #8af400 #72c900 #5a9f00 #427400 #294900 #111f00

Tints of light goldenrod yellow

#ebffd1 #eeffd8 #f1ffdf #f4ffe6 #f6ffea

Colors that go with light goldenrod yellow

Complementary#e1caff Analogous#fffcca Analogous#cdffca Triadic#cae8ff Triadic#ffcae8 Split complementary#cacdff Split complementary#fccaff

Light goldenrod yellow in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 21, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8ffca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 21 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 23 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light goldenrod yellow in css

Copy #e8ffca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8ffca; }
.text { color: #e8ffca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8ffca; }

How light goldenrod yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light goldenrod yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8ffca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8ffca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light goldenrod yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8ffca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light goldenrod yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light goldenrod yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8ffca 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 light goldenrod yellow, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e8ffca are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.