Gold

#fcd608

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 #fcd608, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcd608

RGB252, 214, 8

HSL51, 98%, 51%

HSV51, 97%, 99%

CMYK0%, 15%, 97%, 1%

Lab86.41, -2.63, 85.96

XYZ64.24, 68.81, 10.13

Decimal16569864

Web safe#ffcc00

Pantone109 C

Shades of gold

#eac603 #d4b303 #bda002 #a68d02 #907902 #796601 #625301 #4c4001 #352d01 #1e1a00

Tints of gold

#fdde36 #fde14d #fde564 #fde97b #feed92 #fef1a9 #fef4bf #fff8d6 #fffced

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#082efc Analogous#fc5c08 Analogous#a8fc08 Triadic#08fcd6 Triadic#d608fc Split complementary#08a8fc Split complementary#5c08fc

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, 15, 97, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcd608 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 97 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 93 7

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 #fcd608 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcd608; }
.text { color: #fcd608; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcd608; }

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 #fcd608 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcd608 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 #fcd608 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 #fcd608 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

Here is how the numbers for #fcd608 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.