Pale goldenrod

#dcd5a2

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

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

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #dcd5a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd5a2

RGB220, 213, 162

HSL53, 45%, 75%

HSV53, 26%, 86%

CMYK0%, 3%, 26%, 14%

Lab84.7, -5.52, 26.14

XYZ59.83, 65.41, 43.65

Decimal14472610

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone615 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#d2c988 #c9be6f #bfb255 #afa242 #968b38 #7c732f #635b25 #49441c #302c12 #161508

Tints of pale goldenrod

#dfd9aa #e2dcb2 #e5e0ba #e8e3c2 #ebe7ca #eeebd2 #f1eeda #f4f2e2 #f7f6ea #faf9f2

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#a2a9dc Analogous#dcb8a2 Analogous#c6dca2 Triadic#a2dcd5 Triadic#d5a2dc Split complementary#a2c6dc Split complementary#b8a2dc

Pale goldenrod in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 26, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd5a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 26 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 28 20

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.

Pale goldenrod in css

Copy #dcd5a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd5a2; }
.text { color: #dcd5a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd5a2; }

How pale goldenrod looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale goldenrod and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dcd5a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd5a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale goldenrod on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dcd5a2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn pale goldenrod into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dcd5a2 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 pale goldenrod, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #dcd5a2 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.