Gold

#ffca32

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. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #ffca32, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffca32

RGB255, 202, 50

HSL44, 100%, 60%

HSV44, 80%, 100%

CMYK0%, 21%, 80%, 0%

Lab83.83, 5.52, 76.22

XYZ62.94, 63.73, 12.0

Decimal16763442

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone123 C

Shades of gold

#ffc317 #fab900 #dfa500 #c39100 #a87c00 #8c6800 #715400 #553f00 #3a2b00 #1f1700

Tints of gold

#ffcf45 #ffd457 #ffd96a #ffdd7d #ffe290 #ffe7a2 #ffecb5 #fff1c8 #fff6da #fffaed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3267ff Analogous#ff6432 Analogous#cdff32 Triadic#32ffca Triadic#ca32ff Split complementary#32cdff Split complementary#6432ff

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, 80, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffca32 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 80 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 78 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 #ffca32 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffca32; }
.text { color: #ffca32; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffca32; }

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 #ffca32 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffca32 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 #ffca32 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 #ffca32 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 #ffca32 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.