Gold

#d9cb3c

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

Gold is a mid yellow, grounded at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #d9cb3c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9cb3c

RGB217, 203, 60

HSL55, 67%, 54%

HSV55, 72%, 85%

CMYK0%, 6%, 72%, 15%

Lab80.62, -10.74, 68.74

XYZ50.79, 57.79, 12.75

Decimal14273340

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of gold

#d3c429 #bfb125 #aa9e21 #958b1d #817719 #6c6415 #575111 #433e0d #2e2b09 #1a1805

Tints of gold

#ddd04e #e0d560 #e4d972 #e7de84 #ebe396 #eee8a8 #f2edba #f5f1cc #f9f6de #fcfbf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3c4ad9 Analogous#d97d3c Analogous#98d93c Triadic#3cd9cb Triadic#cb3cd9 Split complementary#3c98d9 Split complementary#7c3cd9

Gold in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 72, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9cb3c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 72 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 70 21

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 #d9cb3c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9cb3c; }
.text { color: #d9cb3c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9cb3c; }

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 #d9cb3c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9cb3c 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 #d9cb3c 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 #d9cb3c 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 #d9cb3c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.