Pale goldenrod

#ece9a5

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

Pale goldenrod is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #ece9a5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ece9a5

RGB236, 233, 165

HSL57, 65%, 79%

HSV57, 30%, 93%

CMYK0%, 1%, 30%, 7%

Lab91.16, -9.23, 33.5

XYZ70.52, 78.83, 47.1

Decimal15526309

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone587 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#e6e286 #dfda68 #d9d349 #d1ca2c #b2ac26 #948f1f #757119 #565412 #38360c #191805

Tints of pale goldenrod

#eeebad #efedb4 #f1efbc #f2f0c3 #f4f2cb #f6f4d2 #f7f6da #f9f8e1 #fafae9 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#a5a8ec Analogous#ecc6a5 Analogous#cceca5 Triadic#a5ece9 Triadic#e9a5ec Split complementary#a5cbec Split complementary#c6a5ec

Pale goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 30, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ece9a5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 30 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 32 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pale goldenrod in css

Copy #ece9a5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ece9a5; }
.text { color: #ece9a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ece9a5; }

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 #ece9a5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ece9a5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ece9a5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ece9a5 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 #ece9a5 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.