Goldenrod

#ecc166

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

Goldenrod is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #ecc166, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecc166

RGB236, 193, 102

HSL41, 78%, 66%

HSV41, 57%, 93%

CMYK0%, 18%, 57%, 7%

Lab80.14, 4.91, 50.94

XYZ56.06, 56.93, 20.6

Decimal15516006

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone135 C

Shades of goldenrod

#e9b64b #e5ab2f #db9d1b #bf8a18 #a47614 #896211 #6d4f0e #523b0a #372707 #1b1403

Tints of goldenrod

#eec774 #efcc81 #f1d28f #f3d79d #f5ddab #f6e2b8 #f8e8c6 #faedd4 #fbf3e1 #fdf9ef

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#6691ec Analogous#ec7e66 Analogous#d4ec66 Triadic#66ecc1 Triadic#c166ec Split complementary#66d4ec Split complementary#7e66ec

Goldenrod in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 57, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecc166 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 57 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 56 13

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.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #ecc166 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecc166; }
.text { color: #ecc166; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecc166; }

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 #ecc166 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecc166 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 #ecc166 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 #ecc166 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

Every value on this page for #ecc166 is computed, not guessed. 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.