Goldenrod

#ffbb00

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

Goldenrod is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #ffbb00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffbb00

RGB255, 187, 0

HSL44, 100%, 50%

HSV44, 100%, 100%

CMYK0%, 27%, 100%, 0%

Lab80.07, 12.46, 82.38

XYZ59.01, 56.8, 7.85

Decimal16759552

Web safe#ffcc00

Pantone1235 C

Shades of goldenrod

#e9ab00 #d29a00 #bc8a00 #a57900 #8f6900 #785800 #624800 #4b3700 #352700 #1f1600

Tints of goldenrod

#ffc118 #ffc82f #ffce47 #ffd45f #ffdb77 #ffe18e #ffe7a6 #ffeebe #fff4d5 #fffaed

Colors that go with goldenrod

Complementary#0044ff Analogous#ff3c00 Analogous#c3ff00 Triadic#00ffbb Triadic#bb00ff Split complementary#00c3ff Split complementary#3c00ff

Goldenrod in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 100, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffbb00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 100 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 96 6

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 #ffbb00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffbb00; }
.text { color: #ffbb00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffbb00; }

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 #ffbb00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffbb00 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 #ffbb00 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 #ffbb00 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

The figures for #ffbb00 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. 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.