Gold

#e5db07

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 #e5db07, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5db07

RGB229, 219, 7

HSL57, 94%, 46%

HSV57, 97%, 90%

CMYK0%, 4%, 97%, 10%

Lab85.67, -14.92, 84.59

XYZ57.68, 67.34, 10.16

Decimal15063815

Web safe#cccc00

Pantone3965 C

Shades of gold

#d1c806 #bdb506 #a9a205 #958f05 #817c04 #6d6903 #595603 #464302 #322f02 #1e1c01

Tints of gold

#f8ed0e #f8ef27 #f9f140 #faf359 #fbf471 #fbf68a #fcf8a3 #fdfabc #fefcd5 #fefeee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#0711e5 Analogous#e56c07 Analogous#80e507 Triadic#07e5db Triadic#db07e5 Split complementary#0780e5 Split complementary#6c07e5

Gold in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 97, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5db07 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 97 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 93 16

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #e5db07 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5db07; }
.text { color: #e5db07; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5db07; }

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 #e5db07 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5db07 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 #e5db07 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 #e5db07 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 #e5db07 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.