Goldenrod

#f2be39

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. 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 #f2be39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2be39

RGB242, 190, 57

HSL43, 88%, 59%

HSV43, 76%, 95%

CMYK0%, 21%, 76%, 5%

Lab79.61, 6.46, 69.66

XYZ55.77, 56.0, 11.74

Decimal15908409

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone142 C

Shades of goldenrod

#f0b620 #e6aa0f #cd970d #b4850c #9b720a #815f08 #684d07 #4f3a05 #362804 #1d1502

Tints of goldenrod

#f3c44b #f4ca5d #f6d06f #f7d681 #f8dc94 #f9e2a6 #fae8b8 #fceeca #fdf4dc #fefaee

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#396df2 Analogous#f26239 Analogous#caf239 Triadic#39f2be Triadic#be39f2 Split complementary#39caf2 Split complementary#6139f2

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, 21, 76, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2be39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 76 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 74 11

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 #f2be39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2be39; }
.text { color: #f2be39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2be39; }

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 #f2be39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2be39 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 #f2be39 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 #f2be39 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 #f2be39 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.