Gold

#ecc352

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

Gold is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #ecc352, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecc352

RGB236, 195, 82

HSL44, 80%, 62%

HSV44, 65%, 93%

CMYK0%, 17%, 65%, 7%

Lab80.44, 2.53, 60.43

XYZ55.63, 57.47, 16.14

Decimal15516498

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone142 C

Shades of gold

#e9ba38 #e6b11e #d19f17 #b78c14 #9d7811 #83640e #69500c #4f3d09 #352906 #1c1503

Tints of gold

#eec862 #efce71 #f1d381 #f3d991 #f5dea0 #f6e4b0 #f8e9c0 #faefd0 #fcf4df #fdf9ef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#527bec Analogous#ec7652 Analogous#c8ec52 Triadic#52ecc3 Triadic#c352ec Split complementary#52c8ec Split complementary#7652ec

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, 17, 65, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecc352 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 65 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 64 13

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 #ecc352 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecc352; }
.text { color: #ecc352; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecc352; }

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 #ecc352 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecc352 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 #ecc352 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 #ecc352 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

Every value on this page for #ecc352 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.