Gold

#dec73e

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 51 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 #dec73e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dec73e

RGB222, 199, 62

HSL51, 71%, 56%

HSV51, 72%, 87%

CMYK0%, 10%, 72%, 13%

Lab80.02, -6.49, 67.59

XYZ51.42, 56.72, 12.8

Decimal14599998

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone606 C

Shades of gold

#dac128 #c7b022 #b29c1e #9c891b #867617 #716313 #5b5010 #453d0c #302a08 #1a1704

Tints of gold

#e1cc50 #e4d162 #e7d673 #eadc85 #ede197 #f0e6a9 #f3ebba #f6f0cc #f9f5de #fcfbf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3e55de Analogous#de773e Analogous#a5de3e Triadic#3edec7 Triadic#c73ede Split complementary#3ea5de Split complementary#773ede

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 72, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dec73e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 72 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 70 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 #dec73e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dec73e; }
.text { color: #dec73e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dec73e; }

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 #dec73e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dec73e 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 #dec73e 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 #dec73e 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 #dec73e 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.