Gold

#ddca36

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

This is Gold, a strong yellow at 53 degrees. 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 #ddca36, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddca36

RGB221, 202, 54

HSL53, 71%, 54%

HSV53, 76%, 87%

CMYK0%, 9%, 76%, 13%

Lab80.67, -8.79, 70.94

XYZ51.61, 57.88, 11.94

Decimal14535222

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone605 C

Shades of gold

#d6c224 #c1af21 #ad9c1d #98891a #837616 #6e6313 #59500f #443e0b #2f2b08 #1a1804

Tints of gold

#e0cf49 #e3d45b #e6d96e #eade80 #ede293 #f0e7a5 #f3ecb8 #f6f1cb #f9f6dd #fcfbf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3649dd Analogous#dd7736 Analogous#9cdd36 Triadic#36ddca Triadic#ca36dd Split complementary#369cdd Split complementary#7736dd

Gold in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 76, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddca36 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 76 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 74 19

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 #ddca36 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddca36; }
.text { color: #ddca36; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddca36; }

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 #ddca36 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddca36 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 #ddca36 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 #ddca36 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 #ddca36 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.