Gold

#ffcb66

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

Gold is a light orange with open warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #ffcb66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffcb66

RGB255, 203, 102

HSL40, 100%, 70%

HSV40, 60%, 100%

CMYK0%, 20%, 60%, 0%

Lab84.45, 7.54, 56.4

XYZ64.99, 64.93, 21.68

Decimal16763750

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone135 C

Shades of gold

#ffc045 #ffb525 #ffaa04 #e29500 #c28000 #a16a00 #815500 #603f00 #3f2a00 #1f1400

Tints of gold

#ffd074 #ffd481 #ffd98f #ffdd9c #ffe2aa #ffe7b7 #ffebc5 #fff0d2 #fff4e0 #fff9ed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#669aff Analogous#ff7f66 Analogous#e6ff66 Triadic#66ffcb Triadic#cb66ff Split complementary#66e6ff Split complementary#7f66ff

Gold in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 60, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffcb66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 60 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 59 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #ffcb66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffcb66; }
.text { color: #ffcb66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffcb66; }

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 #ffcb66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffcb66 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gold on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ffcb66 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn gold into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ffcb66 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 #ffcb66 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.