Gold

#e8d830

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

Gold is a mid yellow, grounded 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 #e8d830, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8d830

RGB232, 216, 48

HSL55, 80%, 55%

HSV55, 79%, 91%

CMYK0%, 7%, 79%, 9%

Lab85.24, -11.39, 77.22

XYZ58.37, 66.48, 12.55

Decimal15259696

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone604 C

Shades of gold

#e6d41a #cfbf17 #b9aa15 #a29612 #8c8110 #756c0d #5f580b #484308 #322e06 #1c1903

Tints of gold

#eadc43 #ecdf56 #eee369 #f0e67c #f3ea8f #f5eea3 #f7f1b6 #f9f5c9 #fbf8dc #fdfcef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3040e8 Analogous#e87c30 Analogous#9ce830 Triadic#30e8d8 Triadic#d830e8 Split complementary#309ce8 Split complementary#7c30e8

Gold in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 79, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8d830 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 79 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 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 #e8d830 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8d830; }
.text { color: #e8d830; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8d830; }

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 #e8d830 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8d830 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 #e8d830 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 #e8d830 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 #e8d830 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.