CSS named colour

Dark Goldenrod

#b8860b

A CSS named colour: darkgoldenrod is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(184 134 11)
HSL: 43°, 89%, 38%
OKLCh: 65.2% 0.132 81.6

Dark Goldenrod in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#b8860b`
RGB	`rgb(184 134 11)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(184, 134, 11)`
RGB percent	`rgb(72.16% 52.55% 4.31%)`
HSL	`hsl(42.7 88.7% 38.2%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(42.7, 88.7%, 38.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(42.7, 94%, 72.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(42.7 4.3% 27.8%)`
Nearest name	`darkgoldenrod`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 94%, 27.8%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(65.207% 0.1322 81.572)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(65.207% 0.01938 0.13077)`
CIE LCh	`lch(59.685% 63.995 78.222)`
CIE Lab	`lab(59.685% 13.062 62.647)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.6919 0.5335 0.1846)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.6114 0.4923 0.1337)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.4793 0.2384 0.0033)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.2835 0.2727 0.0409)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.722, 0.525, 0.043)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.479, 0.238, 0.003)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.722, 0.525, 0.043, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.479, 0.238, 0.003, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(184, 134, 11)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.722, 0.525, 0.043)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.479, 0.238, 0.003)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.722, 0.525, 0.043, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.722, 0.525, 0.043, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.722, 0.525, 0.043)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.722, 0.525, 0.043, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.479, 0.238, 0.003)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.722f, 0.525f, 0.043f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(184, 134, 11, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.4793f, 0.2384f, 0.0033f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(184, 134, 11, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.722, 0.525, 0.043, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFB8860B)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(184, 134, 11)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.722, green: 0.525, blue: 0.043)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.722, green: 0.525, blue: 0.043, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xB8860B`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFB8860B`
Array 0–1	`[0.722, 0.525, 0.043]`
Array 0–255	`[184, 134, 11]`
Decimal integer	`12092939`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Dark Goldenrod on white	3.25:1	AA Large	Lc 60	Large headings only
Dark Goldenrod on black	6.45:1	AA	Lc 42	Non-text elements only

Dark Goldenrod text on a white background

Dark Goldenrod text on a black background

White text on Dark Goldenrod

Black text on Dark Goldenrod

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fff4c8
100#ffe8a6
200#ffd585
300#edbe66
400#d2a03d
500#b38100
600#976800
700#7b5200
800#634000
900#4f3100
950#2f1a00

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#c49a4a
Tint 2#d0ae71
Tint 3#dcc295
Tint 4#e8d7b9
Tint 5#f3ebdc
Shade 1#906806
Shade 2#694b03
Shade 3#453001
Shade 4#241700
Shade 5#070400

Colours that work with Dark Goldenrod

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#618ee0
#00a6b1
#b573c0
#ce763c
#939723

Closest CSS names

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