Gold

#e1ca44

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

Gold color values

Every conversion for #e1ca44, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1ca44

RGB225, 202, 68

HSL51, 72%, 57%

HSV51, 70%, 88%

CMYK0%, 10%, 70%, 12%

Lab81.11, -6.47, 66.51

XYZ53.22, 58.67, 13.99

Decimal14797380

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone129 C

Shades of gold

#ddc42d #cfb621 #b9a21e #a28e1a #8b7a16 #756613 #5e530f #483f0b #312b08 #1a1704

Tints of gold

#e4cf55 #e7d466 #e9d977 #ecdd89 #efe29a #f2e7ab #f4ecbc #f7f1cd #faf6de #fdfbf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#445be1 Analogous#e17c44 Analogous#a9e144 Triadic#44e1ca Triadic#ca44e1 Split complementary#44a9e1 Split complementary#7c44e1

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, 10, 70, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1ca44 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 70 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 68 18

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e1ca44 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1ca44; }
.text { color: #e1ca44; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1ca44; }

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 #e1ca44 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1ca44 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 #e1ca44 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 #e1ca44 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 #e1ca44 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.