Dark goldenrod

#aa8a20

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

Dark goldenrod falls in the yellow band, deep and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #aa8a20, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa8a20

RGB170, 138, 32

HSL46, 68%, 40%

HSV46, 81%, 67%

CMYK0%, 19%, 81%, 33%

Lab58.81, 1.8, 56.53

XYZ25.93, 26.83, 5.18

Decimal11176480

Web safe#999933

Pantone118 C

Shades of dark goldenrod

#9c7e1d #8d731b #7f6718 #705b15 #624f12 #534410 #45380d #372c0a #282108 #1a1505

Tints of dark goldenrod

#c29e25 #d7b02d #dcb945 #e1c25d #e5cb76 #ead58e #eedea7 #f3e7bf #f8f0d8 #fcf9f0

Colors that go with dark goldenrod

Complementary#2040aa Analogous#aa4520 Analogous#85aa20 Triadic#20aa8a Triadic#8a20aa Split complementary#2085aa Split complementary#4520aa

Dark goldenrod in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 81, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa8a20 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 81 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 79 39

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.

Dark goldenrod in css

Copy #aa8a20 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa8a20; }
.text { color: #aa8a20; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa8a20; }

How dark goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aa8a20 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa8a20 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aa8a20 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark goldenrod? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aa8a20 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 dark goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #aa8a20 is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.