Gold

#dfc246

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 49 degrees. 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 #dfc246, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfc246

RGB223, 194, 70

HSL49, 71%, 57%

HSV49, 69%, 87%

CMYK0%, 13%, 69%, 13%

Lab78.88, -3.1, 63.42

XYZ50.83, 54.71, 13.68

Decimal14664262

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone606 C

Shades of gold

#dbbb30 #cdad23 #b79a20 #a0871c #8a7418 #746114 #5d4f10 #473c0c #302908 #1a1605

Tints of gold

#e2c857 #e5cd68 #e8d379 #ebd88a #eede9b #f1e4ac #f4e9bd #f6efce #f9f4df #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4663df Analogous#df7546 Analogous#afdf46 Triadic#46dfc2 Triadic#c246df Split complementary#46afdf Split complementary#7546df

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 13, 69, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfc246 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 69 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 67 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 #dfc246 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfc246; }
.text { color: #dfc246; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfc246; }

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 #dfc246 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfc246 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 #dfc246 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 #dfc246 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 #dfc246 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.