Gold

#cfd01f

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

This is Gold, a strong yellow at 60 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #cfd01f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfd01f

RGB207, 208, 31

HSL60, 74%, 47%

HSV60, 85%, 82%

CMYK0%, 0%, 85%, 18%

Lab81.0, -18.47, 76.93

XYZ48.54, 58.48, 10.03

Decimal13619231

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of gold

#bdbe1c #abac1a #999a17 #878714 #757511 #63630f #51510c #3f3f09 #2d2d07 #1b1b04

Tints of gold

#dedf29 #e5e655 #e8e96b #ecec81 #eff097 #f2f3ad #f6f6c3 #f9f9d9 #fdfdef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#201fd0 Analogous#d0781f Analogous#77d01f Triadic#1fcfd0 Triadic#d01fcf Split complementary#1f77d0 Split complementary#791fd0

Gold in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 85, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfd01f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 85 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 82 24

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 #cfd01f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfd01f; }
.text { color: #cfd01f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfd01f; }

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 #cfd01f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfd01f 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 #cfd01f 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 #cfd01f 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

Every value on this page for #cfd01f is computed, not guessed. 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.