Gold

#eec32f

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

Gold is a mid yellow, balanced 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 #eec32f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eec32f

RGB238, 195, 47

HSL46, 85%, 56%

HSV46, 80%, 93%

CMYK0%, 18%, 80%, 7%

Lab80.41, 1.82, 73.48

XYZ55.29, 57.41, 10.86

Decimal15647535

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone810 C

Shades of gold

#ecbc17 #d8ac12 #c19910 #a9860e #92740c #7a610a #634e08 #4b3c06 #342904 #1c1602

Tints of gold

#f0c942 #f1ce55 #f3d468 #f4d97c #f6df8f #f7e4a2 #f9eab5 #fbefc8 #fcf5db #fefaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#2f5aee Analogous#ee632f Analogous#baee2f Triadic#2feec3 Triadic#c32fee Split complementary#2fb9ee Split complementary#642fee

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, 18, 80, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eec32f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 80 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 78 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 #eec32f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eec32f; }
.text { color: #eec32f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eec32f; }

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 #eec32f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eec32f 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 #eec32f 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 #eec32f 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 #eec32f is computed, not guessed. 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.