Gold

#fec721

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

Gold is a mid yellow, balanced 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 #fec721, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fec721

RGB254, 199, 33

HSL45, 99%, 56%

HSV45, 87%, 100%

CMYK0%, 22%, 87%, 0%

Lab82.93, 6.22, 79.83

XYZ61.57, 62.03, 10.17

Decimal16697121

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone123 C

Shades of gold

#fec107 #ebb101 #d19d01 #b88a01 #9e7701 #856401 #6b5100 #523d00 #382a00 #1e1700

Tints of gold

#fecc35 #fed14a #fed65e #fedc73 #fee187 #ffe69c #ffebb0 #fff0c4 #fff5d9 #fffbed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#2158fe Analogous#fe5821 Analogous#c7fe21 Triadic#21fec7 Triadic#c721fe Split complementary#21c7fe Split complementary#5821fe

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, 22, 87, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fec721 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 87 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 84 6

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 #fec721 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fec721; }
.text { color: #fec721; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fec721; }

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 #fec721 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fec721 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 #fec721 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 #fec721 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 #fec721 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.