Gold

#dec237

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

Gold color values

Every conversion for #dec237, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dec237

RGB222, 194, 55

HSL50, 72%, 54%

HSV50, 75%, 87%

CMYK0%, 13%, 75%, 13%

Lab78.69, -4.23, 68.79

XYZ50.11, 54.39, 11.47

Decimal14598711

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone606 C

Shades of gold

#d9ba24 #c3a820 #ae961d #998419 #847216 #6f5f12 #5a4d0f #453b0b #2f2908 #1a1704

Tints of gold

#e1c849 #e4cd5c #e7d36e #ead981 #edde93 #f0e4a6 #f3e9b8 #f6efcb #f9f5dd #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3753de Analogous#de6f37 Analogous#a7de37 Triadic#37dec2 Triadic#c237de Split complementary#37a6de Split complementary#6f37de

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, 13, 75, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dec237 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 75 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 73 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #dec237 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dec237; }
.text { color: #dec237; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dec237; }

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 #dec237 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dec237 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 #dec237 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 #dec237 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 #dec237 are worked out. 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.