Gold

#fbd151

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #fbd151, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbd151

RGB251, 209, 81

HSL45, 96%, 65%

HSV45, 68%, 98%

CMYK0%, 17%, 68%, 2%

Lab85.35, 1.53, 66.46

XYZ64.07, 66.7, 17.28

Decimal16503121

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone122 C

Shades of gold

#fac934 #fac116 #ecb305 #cf9d05 #b18604 #947003 #765a03 #594302 #3b2d01 #1e1701

Tints of gold

#fbd561 #fcd970 #fcdd80 #fce290 #fde69f #fdeaaf #feeebf #fef2ce #fef6de #fffaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#517bfb Analogous#fb7c51 Analogous#d0fb51 Triadic#51fbd1 Triadic#d151fb Split complementary#51d0fb Split complementary#7c51fb

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, 17, 68, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbd151 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 68 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 67 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 #fbd151 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbd151; }
.text { color: #fbd151; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbd151; }

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 #fbd151 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbd151 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 #fbd151 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 #fbd151 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 #fbd151 is computed, not guessed. 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.