Gold

#dbbf37

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

Gold color values

Every conversion for #dbbf37, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbbf37

RGB219, 191, 55

HSL50, 69%, 54%

HSV50, 75%, 86%

CMYK0%, 13%, 75%, 14%

Lab77.64, -3.96, 67.71

XYZ48.53, 52.6, 11.21

Decimal14401335

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone606 C

Shades of gold

#d4b626 #bfa422 #aa921f #96811b #816f17 #6c5d14 #584c10 #433a0c #2f2808 #1a1605

Tints of gold

#dec549 #e2cb5c #e5d16e #e8d781 #ecdd93 #efe2a6 #f2e8b8 #f6eecb #f9f4dd #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3753db Analogous#db6d37 Analogous#a5db37 Triadic#37dbbf Triadic#bf37db Split complementary#37a5db Split complementary#6d37db

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 13, 75, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbbf37 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 75 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 73 20

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

Gold in css

Copy #dbbf37 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbbf37; }
.text { color: #dbbf37; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbbf37; }

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 #dbbf37 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbbf37 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 #dbbf37 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 #dbbf37 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 #dbbf37 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.