Goldenrod Screen
A full-screen solid goldenrod color (#DAA520). Fill your whole display, or download the goldenrod screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a goldenrod screen?
A goldenrod screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Goldenrod, hex #DAA520, or rgb(218, 165, 32). It is a light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 43° hue, 74% saturation and 49% lightness, and its relative luminance is 41.9%. goldenrod is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Goldenrod screen at a glance
How a full-screen goldenrod (#DAA520) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 42% of a white screen | A medium light level — comfortable as ambient light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | very low (1% of its light) | Very little blue light, so it is gentle on your body clock at night. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 9.4:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | Mixed sub-pixel levels | Good for spotting uneven backlight, banding and tint across the panel. |
What people use a goldenrod screen for
As a saturated color, goldenrod makes a bold backdrop for product photos, thumbnails and streams, and a strong mood light for a desk or party.
Brown screens produce a warm, low-key neutral wash that works as a cozy ambient light, a muted backdrop for still-life photography, or a calm placeholder colour for signage and mock-ups. Being a dark, desaturated orange, brown keeps blue light low.
As a test pattern, a flat goldenrod field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red and green sub-pixels.
#DAA520) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the goldenrod screen
The color is already set to Goldenrod (#DAA520). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with goldenrod; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — 1920 × 1080 for a desktop wallpaper, 1080 × 1920 for a phone or 3840 × 2160 for a 4K TV — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as goldenrod-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat goldenrod image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Goldenrod screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 2.24:1 · against black text 9.38:1. See the full Goldenrod color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a goldenrod screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a goldenrod wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Goldenrod on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from goldenrod in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
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The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Goldenrod screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a goldenrod screen?
A goldenrod screen uses the color Goldenrod, hex #DAA520 — rgb(218, 165, 32). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and goldenrod also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen goldenrod?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with goldenrod and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a goldenrod screen?
A goldenrod screen gives off about 42% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, a comfortable level for ambient light. About 1% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as very low blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a goldenrod screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 9.4:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.