Pale goldenrod

#e4e6a1

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

This is Pale goldenrod, a strong yellow at 62 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Pale goldenrod color values

Every conversion for #e4e6a1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e6a1

RGB228, 230, 161

HSL62, 58%, 77%

HSV62, 30%, 90%

CMYK1%, 0%, 30%, 10%

Lab89.7, -11.23, 33.48

XYZ66.72, 75.66, 44.81

Decimal15001249

Web safe#ccff99

Pantone587 C

Shades of pale goldenrod

#dcde85 #d4d768 #cbcf4c #bfc334 #a3a72c #878a25 #6b6e1d #4f5116 #34350e #181806

Tints of pale goldenrod

#e6e8a9 #e9eab1 #ebecb9 #edeec1 #eff1c9 #f2f3d1 #f4f5d9 #f6f7e1 #f9f9e9 #fbfbf1

Colors that go with pale goldenrod

Complementary#a3a1e6 Analogous#e6c6a1 Analogous#c2e6a1 Triadic#a1e4e6 Triadic#e6a1e4 Split complementary#a1c1e6 Split complementary#c5a1e6

Pale 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 1, 0, 30, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e6a1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 30 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 32 16

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 #e4e6a1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e6a1; }
.text { color: #e4e6a1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e6a1; }

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 #e4e6a1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e6a1 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 #e4e6a1 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 #e4e6a1 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 #e4e6a1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.