Gold

#dcbe43

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

Gold is a mid yellow, confident 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 #dcbe43, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcbe43

RGB220, 190, 67

HSL48, 69%, 56%

HSV48, 70%, 86%

CMYK0%, 14%, 70%, 14%

Lab77.55, -2.46, 63.18

XYZ48.94, 52.45, 12.85

Decimal14466627

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone110 C

Shades of gold

#d8b72d #c7a725 #b19521 #9b831d #867119 #705e15 #5b4c11 #453a0d #2f2809 #1a1605

Tints of gold

#dfc454 #e2ca66 #e6d077 #e9d688 #ecdc99 #efe2ab #f3e8bc #f6eecd #f9f4df #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4361dc Analogous#dc7243 Analogous#addc43 Triadic#43dcbe Triadic#be43dc Split complementary#43addc Split complementary#7243dc

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 70, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcbe43 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 70 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 68 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 #dcbe43 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcbe43; }
.text { color: #dcbe43; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcbe43; }

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 #dcbe43 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcbe43 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 #dcbe43 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 #dcbe43 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 #dcbe43 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.