Goldenrod

#eeae40

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

Goldenrod sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. 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 #eeae40, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eeae40

RGB238, 174, 64

HSL38, 84%, 59%

HSV38, 73%, 93%

CMYK0%, 27%, 73%, 7%

Lab75.34, 13.45, 62.75

XYZ51.32, 48.82, 11.57

Decimal15642176

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone143 C

Shades of goldenrod

#eca327 #e39714 #cb8712 #b27610 #99660e #80550b #674409 #4e3407 #352305 #1c1303

Tints of goldenrod

#f0b551 #f1bd63 #f3c474 #f4cc86 #f6d397 #f7daa9 #f9e2ba #fae9cc #fcf1dd #fef8ef

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#4080ee Analogous#ee5740 Analogous#d7ee40 Triadic#40eeae Triadic#ae40ee Split complementary#40d7ee Split complementary#5740ee

Goldenrod in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 73, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eeae40 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 73 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 71 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Goldenrod in css

Copy #eeae40 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eeae40; }
.text { color: #eeae40; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eeae40; }

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 #eeae40 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eeae40 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eeae40 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eeae40 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 #eeae40 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.