Gold

#fbcf0f

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

Gold is a mid yellow, grounded 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 #fbcf0f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbcf0f

RGB251, 207, 15

HSL49, 97%, 52%

HSV49, 94%, 98%

CMYK0%, 18%, 94%, 2%

Lab84.57, 0.56, 83.91

XYZ62.18, 65.17, 9.75

Decimal16502543

Web safe#ffcc00

Pantone116 C

Shades of gold

#eec304 #d7b004 #c09d03 #a98a03 #927702 #7b6402 #645102 #4c3e01 #352b01 #1e1901

Tints of gold

#fcd83b #fcdc52 #fce168 #fde57e #fdea94 #feeeab #fef3c1 #fef7d7 #fffbed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#0f3bfb Analogous#fb590f Analogous#b1fb0f Triadic#0ffbcf Triadic#cf0ffb Split complementary#0fb1fb Split complementary#590ffb

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, 94, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbcf0f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 94 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 90 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 #fbcf0f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbcf0f; }
.text { color: #fbcf0f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbcf0f; }

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 #fbcf0f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbcf0f 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 #fbcf0f 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 #fbcf0f 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 #fbcf0f 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.