Gold

#efd35c

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #efd35c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efd35c

RGB239, 211, 92

HSL49, 82%, 65%

HSV49, 62%, 94%

CMYK0%, 12%, 62%, 6%

Lab84.85, -3.83, 60.95

XYZ60.82, 65.71, 19.6

Decimal15717212

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone128 C

Shades of gold

#eccc41 #eac425 #dbb616 #c09f13 #a58810 #89720d #6e5b0b #534408 #372e05 #1c1703

Tints of gold

#f0d76b #f2db79 #f3df88 #f5e397 #f6e7a5 #f8ebb4 #f9efc3 #fbf3d1 #fcf7e0 #fdfbef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#5c78ef Analogous#ef895c Analogous#c2ef5c Triadic#5cefd3 Triadic#d35cef Split complementary#5cc2ef Split complementary#8a5cef

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, 12, 62, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efd35c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 62 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 61 12

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 #efd35c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efd35c; }
.text { color: #efd35c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efd35c; }

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 #efd35c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efd35c 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 #efd35c 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 #efd35c 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 #efd35c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.