Gold

#fec951

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

Gold sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. 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 #fec951, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fec951

RGB254, 201, 81

HSL42, 99%, 66%

HSV42, 68%, 100%

CMYK0%, 21%, 68%, 0%

Lab83.67, 6.89, 64.8

XYZ63.24, 63.44, 16.7

Decimal16697681

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone1225 C

Shades of gold

#fec033 #feb614 #f2a801 #d49301 #b67e01 #976901 #795401 #5b3f01 #3d2a00 #1e1500

Tints of gold

#fece61 #fed370 #fed880 #fedc90 #fee19f #ffe6af #ffebbe #fff0ce #fff5de #fff9ed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#5186fe Analogous#fe7251 Analogous#dcfe51 Triadic#51fec9 Triadic#c951fe Split complementary#51dcfe Split complementary#7351fe

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, 21, 68, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fec951 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 68 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 67 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 #fec951 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fec951; }
.text { color: #fec951; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fec951; }

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 #fec951 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fec951 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 #fec951 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 #fec951 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 #fec951 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.