Gold

#dbca40

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #dbca40, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbca40

RGB219, 202, 64

HSL53, 68%, 55%

HSV53, 71%, 86%

CMYK0%, 8%, 71%, 14%

Lab80.56, -9.2, 67.29

XYZ51.26, 57.67, 13.28

Decimal14404160

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of gold

#d7c42b #c4b225 #ae9f21 #998c1d #847819 #6f6515 #595111 #443e0d #2f2b09 #1a1705

Tints of gold

#decf52 #e2d463 #e5d975 #e8de86 #ece298 #efe7aa #f2ecbb #f6f1cd #f9f6de #fcfbf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4051db Analogous#db7d40 Analogous#9edb40 Triadic#40dbca Triadic#ca40db Split complementary#409edb Split complementary#7d40db

Gold in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 71, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbca40 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 71 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 69 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #dbca40 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbca40; }
.text { color: #dbca40; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbca40; }

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 #dbca40 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbca40 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 #dbca40 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 #dbca40 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 #dbca40 is computed, not guessed. 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.