Gold

#fbcf49

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

Gold falls in the yellow band, mid and vivid. 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 #fbcf49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbcf49

RGB251, 207, 73

HSL45, 96%, 64%

HSV45, 71%, 98%

CMYK0%, 18%, 71%, 2%

Lab84.8, 2.16, 69.07

XYZ63.3, 65.62, 15.63

Decimal16502601

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone1225 C

Shades of gold

#fac72c #fac010 #e7af05 #ca9904 #ad8404 #916e03 #745803 #574202 #3b2c01 #1e1701

Tints of gold

#fbd359 #fcd86a #fcdc7a #fce08b #fde59b #fde9ac #feedbc #fef2cd #fef6dd #fffaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4975fb Analogous#fb7649 Analogous#cefb49 Triadic#49fbcf Triadic#cf49fb Split complementary#49cefb Split complementary#7649fb

Gold in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 71, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbcf49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 71 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 69 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 #fbcf49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbcf49; }
.text { color: #fbcf49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbcf49; }

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 #fbcf49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbcf49 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 #fbcf49 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 #fbcf49 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 #fbcf49 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.