Gold

#d2ca29

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

Gold falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. 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 #d2ca29, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d2ca29

RGB210, 202, 41

HSL57, 67%, 49%

HSV57, 80%, 82%

CMYK0%, 4%, 80%, 18%

Lab79.67, -13.93, 73.55

XYZ48.1, 56.1, 10.39

Decimal13814313

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of gold

#c0b825 #ada722 #9b951e #88831b #767117 #636013 #514e10 #3e3c0c #2c2a09 #1a1905

Tints of gold

#d9d13a #ddd64f #e1db63 #e4df77 #e8e48b #ece99f #f0edb4 #f4f2c8 #f8f7dc #fcfcf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#2931d2 Analogous#d27529 Analogous#85d229 Triadic#29d2ca Triadic#ca29d2 Split complementary#2985d2 Split complementary#7529d2

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 80, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d2ca29 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 80 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 78 24

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #d2ca29 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d2ca29; }
.text { color: #d2ca29; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d2ca29; }

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 #d2ca29 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d2ca29 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 #d2ca29 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 #d2ca29 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 #d2ca29 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.