Gold

#fbcc3c

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

This is Gold, a vivid yellow at 45 degrees. 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 #fbcc3c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbcc3c

RGB251, 204, 60

HSL45, 96%, 61%

HSV45, 76%, 98%

CMYK0%, 19%, 76%, 2%

Lab83.98, 3.14, 73.0

XYZ62.19, 64.02, 13.35

Decimal16501820

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone1225 C

Shades of gold

#fac521 #fabe05 #dea905 #c39404 #a77f03 #8c6a03 #705502 #554002 #392c01 #1e1701

Tints of gold

#fbd14e #fcd560 #fcda71 #fcdf83 #fde395 #fde8a7 #feecb8 #fef1ca #fef6dc #fffaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3c6bfb Analogous#fb6d3c Analogous#cbfb3c Triadic#3cfbcc Triadic#cc3cfb Split complementary#3ccafb Split complementary#6d3cfb

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, 19, 76, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbcc3c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 76 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 74 8

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 #fbcc3c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbcc3c; }
.text { color: #fbcc3c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbcc3c; }

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 #fbcc3c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbcc3c 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 #fbcc3c 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 #fbcc3c 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 #fbcc3c 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.