Gold

#f4e30a

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

Gold is a mid yellow, confident 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 #f4e30a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e30a

RGB244, 227, 10

HSL56, 92%, 50%

HSV56, 96%, 96%

CMYK0%, 7%, 96%, 4%

Lab89.01, -12.51, 87.37

XYZ64.83, 74.19, 11.19

Decimal16048906

Web safe#ffcc00

Pantone107 C

Shades of gold

#dfcf09 #c9bb08 #b4a707 #9e9306 #897f06 #736b05 #5e5704 #484303 #332f02 #1d1b01

Tints of gold

#f6e620 #f7e937 #f8eb4e #f9ee65 #faf07b #fbf392 #fbf6a9 #fcf8c0 #fdfbd7 #fefdee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#0a1bf4 Analogous#f46e0a Analogous#90f40a Triadic#0af4e3 Triadic#e30af4 Split complementary#0a90f4 Split complementary#6e0af4

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, 7, 96, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e30a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 96 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 92 10

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 #f4e30a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e30a; }
.text { color: #f4e30a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e30a; }

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 #f4e30a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e30a 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 #f4e30a 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 #f4e30a 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 #f4e30a 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.