Gold

#dabb16

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

Gold is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. 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 #dabb16, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dabb16

RGB218, 187, 22

HSL51, 82%, 47%

HSV51, 90%, 85%

CMYK0%, 14%, 90%, 15%

Lab76.38, -3.27, 75.37

XYZ46.83, 50.5, 8.04

Decimal14334742

Web safe#cccc00

Pantone110 C

Shades of gold

#c7ab14 #b49a12 #a18a10 #8e7a0e #7b690c #68590a #554909 #423807 #2f2805 #1c1803

Tints of gold

#e9c921 #ebcf38 #edd44e #efda65 #f2df7c #f4e593 #f6eaaa #f9f0c1 #fbf5d8 #fdfbef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#1635da Analogous#da5916 Analogous#97da16 Triadic#16dabb Triadic#bb16da Split complementary#1697da Split complementary#5916da

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 0, 14, 90, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dabb16 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 90 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 87 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #dabb16 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dabb16; }
.text { color: #dabb16; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dabb16; }

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 #dabb16 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dabb16 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gold on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dabb16 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn gold into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dabb16 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 #dabb16 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.