Light goldenrod yellow

#f8fdcb

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 yellow, airy at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Light goldenrod yellow color values

Every conversion for #f8fdcb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8fdcb

RGB248, 253, 203

HSL66, 93%, 89%

HSV66, 20%, 99%

CMYK2%, 0%, 20%, 1%

Lab97.84, -9.7, 23.43

XYZ84.62, 94.52, 70.28

Decimal16317899

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone600 C

Shades of light goldenrod yellow

#f2fba2 #edfa79 #e7f850 #e2f727 #d4ea09 #afc107 #8a9806 #656f04 #404603 #1b1d01

Tints of light goldenrod yellow

#f8fdce #f9fdd2 #f9fdd5 #fafed9 #fafedc #fbfee0 #fbfee3 #fcfee7 #fcfeea #fdfeee

Colors that go with light goldenrod yellow

Complementary#d0cbfd Analogous#fde9cb Analogous#dffdcb Triadic#cbf8fd Triadic#fdcbf8 Split complementary#cbdffd Split complementary#e9cbfd

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 2, 0, 20, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8fdcb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 20 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 22 7

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.

Light goldenrod yellow in css

Copy #f8fdcb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8fdcb; }
.text { color: #f8fdcb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8fdcb; }

How light goldenrod yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light goldenrod yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f8fdcb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8fdcb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light goldenrod yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f8fdcb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light goldenrod yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f8fdcb 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f8fdcb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.