CSS named colour

Goldenrod

#daa520

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

RGB: rgb(218 165 32)
HSL: 43°, 74%, 49%
OKLCh: 75.2% 0.147 84.0

Goldenrod in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#daa520`
RGB	`rgb(218 165 32)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(218, 165, 32)`
RGB percent	`rgb(85.49% 64.71% 12.55%)`
HSL	`hsl(42.9 74.4% 49%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(42.9, 74.4%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(42.9, 85.3%, 85.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(42.9 12.5% 14.5%)`
Nearest name	`goldenrod`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 85.3%, 14.5%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

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

OKLCh	`oklch(75.157% 0.14693 83.988)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(75.157% 0.01539 0.14613)`
CIE LCh	`lch(71.324% 69.761 79.922)`
CIE Lab	`lab(71.324% 12.208 68.685)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.8229 0.6554 0.2537)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.7505 0.6241 0.2049)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.7011 0.3763 0.0144)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.4263 0.4192 0.0721)`

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

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.855, 0.647, 0.125)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.701, 0.376, 0.014)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.855, 0.647, 0.125, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.701, 0.376, 0.014, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(218, 165, 32)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.855, 0.647, 0.125)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.701, 0.376, 0.014)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.855, 0.647, 0.125, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.855, 0.647, 0.125, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.855, 0.647, 0.125)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.855, 0.647, 0.125, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.701, 0.376, 0.014)`

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

Unity Color	`new Color(0.855f, 0.647f, 0.125f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(218, 165, 32, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.7011f, 0.3763f, 0.0144f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(218, 165, 32, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.855, 0.647, 0.125, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFDAA520)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(218, 165, 32)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.647, blue: 0.125)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.647, blue: 0.125, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xDAA520`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFDAA520`
Array 0–1	`[0.855, 0.647, 0.125]`
Array 0–255	`[218, 165, 32]`
Decimal integer	`14329120`

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
Goldenrod on white	2.24:1	Fail	Lc 44	Non-text elements only
Goldenrod on black	9.38:1	AAA	Lc 58	Large headings only

Goldenrod text on a white background

Goldenrod text on a black background

White text on Goldenrod

Black text on Goldenrod

Tonal scale

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

50#fff5c4
100#ffe9a0
200#ffd678
300#eebe56
400#d3a023
500#b58100
600#956900
700#795300
800#614100
900#4d3200
950#2e1b00

Tints and shades

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

Tint 1#e1b457
Tint 2#e7c47d
Tint 3#edd39f
Tint 4#f3e2bf
Tint 5#f9f0df
Shade 1#ab8117
Shade 2#7e5e0e
Shade 3#543d06
Shade 4#2d1f02
Shade 5#0b0600

Colours that work with Goldenrod

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

#7eacff
#00c8d9
#dc8ce3
#f5924b
#aeb839

Closest CSS names

goldenrodexact match
orangeΔEok 0.060
darkkhakiΔEok 0.067
sandybrownΔEok 0.069
darkorangeΔEok 0.079
burlywoodΔEok 0.089