Gold

#cdcf00

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #cdcf00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdcf00

RGB205, 207, 0

HSL61, 100%, 41%

HSV61, 100%, 81%

CMYK1%, 0%, 100%, 19%

Lab80.52, -19.27, 80.55

XYZ47.49, 57.6, 8.62

Decimal13487872

Web safe#cccc00

Pantone390 C

Shades of gold

#bcbd00 #aaac00 #999a00 #878800 #767700 #646500 #535400 #414200 #303000 #1e1f00

Tints of gold

#e9ec00 #fdff09 #fdff42 #fdff5f #feff7b #feff98 #feffb4 #ffffd1 #ffffed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#0200cf Analogous#cf6a00 Analogous#66cf00 Triadic#00cdcf Triadic#cf00cd Split complementary#0066cf Split complementary#6900cf

Gold in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 100, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdcf00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 100 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 96 25

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 #cdcf00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdcf00; }
.text { color: #cdcf00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdcf00; }

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 #cdcf00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdcf00 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 #cdcf00 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 #cdcf00 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

Here is how the numbers for #cdcf00 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.