Gold

#fdcd49

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

This is Gold, a vivid orange at 44 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #fdcd49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fdcd49

RGB253, 205, 73

HSL44, 98%, 64%

HSV44, 71%, 99%

CMYK0%, 19%, 71%, 1%

Lab84.5, 4.02, 68.83

XYZ63.54, 65.03, 15.51

Decimal16633161

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone1225 C

Shades of gold

#fdc52c #fcbd0f #ebad03 #ce9702 #b08202 #936c02 #765701 #594101 #3b2c01 #1e1600

Tints of gold

#fdd259 #fdd66a #fedb7a #fedf8b #fee49b #fee8ac #feedbc #fef1cc #fff6dd #fffaed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4979fd Analogous#fd7349 Analogous#d3fd49 Triadic#49fdcd Triadic#cd49fd Split complementary#49d3fd Split complementary#7349fd

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, 71, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fdcd49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 71 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 69 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 #fdcd49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fdcd49; }
.text { color: #fdcd49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fdcd49; }

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 #fdcd49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fdcd49 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 #fdcd49 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 #fdcd49 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 #fdcd49 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.