Gold

#c9bf00

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for gold, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Gold is a deep yellow, weighty at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #c9bf00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9bf00

RGB201, 191, 0

HSL57, 100%, 39%

HSV57, 100%, 79%

CMYK0%, 5%, 100%, 21%

Lab75.87, -13.0, 77.01

XYZ42.72, 49.68, 7.34

Decimal13221632

Web safe#cccc00

Pantone612 C

Shades of gold

#b8af00 #a79f00 #968e00 #857e00 #746e00 #635e00 #524e00 #413d00 #302d00 #1f1d00

Tints of gold

#e6db00 #fff304 #fff53e #fff75c #fff879 #fffa96 #fffbb3 #fffdd0 #fffeed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#000ac9 Analogous#c95b00 Analogous#6ec900 Triadic#00c9bf Triadic#bf00c9 Split complementary#006ec9 Split complementary#5b00c9

Gold in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 100, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9bf00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 100 21

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 96 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #c9bf00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9bf00; }
.text { color: #c9bf00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9bf00; }

How gold looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Gold and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c9bf00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9bf00 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gold on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c9bf00 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around gold? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn gold into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c9bf00 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from gold, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #c9bf00 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.