Gold

#e8c430

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 vivid. 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 #e8c430, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8c430

RGB232, 196, 48

HSL48, 80%, 55%

HSV48, 79%, 91%

CMYK0%, 16%, 79%, 9%

Lab80.09, -1.23, 72.68

XYZ53.55, 56.85, 10.95

Decimal15254576

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone129 C

Shades of gold

#e6be1a #cfab17 #b99915 #a28612 #8c7310 #75610d #5f4e0b #483c08 #322906 #1c1703

Tints of gold

#eac943 #eccf56 #eed469 #f0da7c #f3df8f #f5e5a3 #f7eab6 #f9f0c9 #fbf5dc #fdfaef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3054e8 Analogous#e86830 Analogous#b0e830 Triadic#30e8c4 Triadic#c430e8 Split complementary#30b0e8 Split complementary#6830e8

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, 16, 79, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8c430 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 79 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 77 15

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 #e8c430 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8c430; }
.text { color: #e8c430; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8c430; }

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 #e8c430 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8c430 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 #e8c430 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 #e8c430 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 #e8c430 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.