Gold

#dfc753

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

Gold falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. 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 #dfc753, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfc753

RGB223, 199, 83

HSL50, 69%, 60%

HSV50, 63%, 87%

CMYK0%, 11%, 63%, 13%

Lab80.27, -4.93, 59.45

XYZ52.42, 57.16, 16.45

Decimal14665555

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone458 C

Shades of gold

#dbbf3c #d4b627 #bca223 #a58e1f #8e7a1a #776616 #5f5212 #483e0d #312a09 #1a1605

Tints of gold

#e2cc63 #e5d172 #e8d682 #ebdb92 #eee1a1 #f1e6b1 #f3ebc1 #f6f0d1 #f9f5e0 #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#536bdf Analogous#df8153 Analogous#b1df53 Triadic#53dfc7 Triadic#c753df Split complementary#53b1df Split complementary#8153df

Gold in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 63, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfc753 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 63 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 62 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 #dfc753 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfc753; }
.text { color: #dfc753; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfc753; }

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 #dfc753 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfc753 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 #dfc753 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 #dfc753 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 #dfc753 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.