Goldenrod Color Codes

Goldenrod is a light, saturated amber with the hex code #DAA520, RGB values of 218, 165, 32 and an HSL value of hsl(43, 74%, 49%).

HEX	#DAA520
RGB	218, 165, 32
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 49%)
HSV	43°, 85%, 85%
CMYK	0%, 24%, 85%, 15%
LAB	70.82, 8.52, 68.76
CIELCHuv	70.82, 82.87, 57.63°

Nearest Pantone: PMS 124 C ΔE 5.5 · approximate
Nearest CSS name: goldenrod ΔE 0.0

Source CSS Color Module Level 4 keyword 'Goldenrod'

Goldenrod Color Hex Code

The Goldenrod color hex code is #DAA520. Those six digits are three pairs, DA for red, A5 for green and 20 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.

#DAA520

Goldenrod Color RGB Code

The Goldenrod RGB code is rgb(218, 165, 32). Red carries the most light at 218 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.

rgb(218, 165, 32)

Goldenrod Color HSV Code

The Goldenrod HSV code is 43°, 85%, 85%. Read it as a hue of 43 degrees, 85% saturation and 85% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.

43°, 85%, 85%

Goldenrod Color CIELChuv Code

The Goldenrod CIELCHuv code is 70.82, 82.87, 57.63°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 71 means light to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 83 is how far it sits from grey.

70.82, 82.87, 57.63°

Tonal scale

What are Goldenrod Color Palettes?

A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.

Shades, toward black

Tints, toward white

Tones, toward grey

Open in the shades & tints generator →

Palettes

What are Goldenrod Color Palette Codes?

Each of these is a hue rotation from #DAA520. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.

Complementary

Directly opposite sits #2055DA, a dark, saturated azure blue. No other pairing separates two hues further, so this is the one to reach for when a single element has to win attention. Both are saturated, so give the complement much less area than the base or the two will fight.

Analogous

#DA4820 and #B2DA20 sit 30 degrees either side. All three share most of their hue, so the set reads as one family instead of three separate decisions. Good for backgrounds and for state variations that should not announce themselves.

Triadic

#20DAA5 and #A520DA complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.

Split-complementary

Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #20B2DA and #4820DA. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #2055DA, and #20DA48 with #DA20B2. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat this base as the lead and hold the other three well back.

See these on the color wheel →

Accessibility

Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.

White background

2.24:1

2.24

contrast ratio on white background

Element	AA	AAA
Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1	Fails	Fails
Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1	Fails	Fails
UI component needs 3:1	Fails	n/a

Black background

9.38:1

9.38

contrast ratio on black background

Element	AA	AAA
Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1	Passes	Passes
Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1	Passes	Passes
UI component needs 3:1	Passes	n/a

At 2.24:1 against white, Goldenrod is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 9.38:1.

Check Goldenrod against another color →

Color vision

How Goldenrod looks with color blindness

Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.

Protanopia

About 1% of men

actual

#C5C55A

Goldenrod changes substantially here. ΔE 28.6

No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.

Deuteranopia

About 1% of men

actual

#C8CC62

Goldenrod changes substantially here. ΔE 31.1

No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.

Tritanopia

About 1 in 10,000

actual

#D87378

Goldenrod changes substantially here. ΔE 63.0

No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.

Achromatopsia

About 1 in 30,000

actual

#ADADAD

Goldenrod changes substantially here. ΔE 69.3

No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.

To a deuteranope, the most common form, Goldenrod reads as #C8CC62. That is a shift of ΔE 31.1, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. The widest shift is under tritanopia, at ΔE 63.0. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.

Simulate a whole palette →

Snippets

Using Goldenrod in code

:root {
  --goldenrod: #DAA520;
}

.example {
  color: var(--goldenrod);
}

// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      'goldenrod': '#DAA520',
    },
  },
}

// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let goldenrod = Color(
    red: 0.855,
    green: 0.647,
    blue: 0.125
)

<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="goldenrod">#DAA520</color>

// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const goldenrod = Color(0xFFDAA520);

Meaning

What is the Meaning of Goldenrod Color?

Goldenrod reads as energy and low cost. It is saturated enough to dominate anything it sits beside, and at 74% saturation with a perceptual lightness of 71 it behaves as a warm color, which is the practical reason it turns up where it does.

What are Other Names of Goldenrod Color?

In CSS you can write Goldenrod instead of the hex and get the same color: the two are 0.0 apart, which no eye resolves. For print the nearest Pantone is PMS 124 C at #E0AA0F. The name Goldenrod comes from the community color-name index rather than a standards body, so you will meet it under other names elsewhere.

How is Goldenrod Color Made?

On a screen Goldenrod is made by additive light: 218 red, 165 green and 32 blue out of 255, with red leading and 32 as the floor. In print it is subtractive instead, mixed as 0%, 24%, 85%, 15%. Starting from the pure hue at 43 degrees, Goldenrod is close to the pure hue, with little white or black in it.