Dark Goldenrod color (#B8860B)
Dark Goldenrod is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword darkgoldenrod
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #B8860B, which is rgb(184, 134, 11) in RGB.
It is a medium, vivid warm color with a hue angle of 43° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 65% in OKLCH. On a dark goldenrod background, black text gives the higher contrast at 6.45:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Dark Goldenrod color codes
| CSS name | darkgoldenrod |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #B8860B |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #B8860BFF |
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| RGB | rgb(184, 134, 11) |
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| HSL | hsl(43, 89%, 38%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(43, 94%, 72%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(65.2% 0.1322 81.6) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 94%, 27.8%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for dark goldenrod used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of dark goldenrod
Tints mix dark goldenrod with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
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Colors that go with dark goldenrod
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Dark Goldenrod with color blindness
Approximately how dark goldenrod appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using dark goldenrod in CSS
.element {
color: darkgoldenrod;
background-color: #b8860b;
border-color: rgb(184 134 11 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(65.2% 0.1322 81.6);
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