Gold

#ffcd5e

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 #ffcd5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffcd5e

RGB255, 205, 94

HSL41, 100%, 68%

HSV41, 63%, 100%

CMYK0%, 20%, 63%, 0%

Lab84.86, 5.99, 60.5

XYZ65.09, 65.73, 19.85

Decimal16764254

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone135 C

Shades of gold

#ffc33e #ffb91e #fdaf00 #de9900 #be8300 #9e6d00 #7e5700 #5e4100 #3e2b00 #1f1500

Tints of gold

#ffd16c #ffd67b #ffda89 #ffdf97 #ffe3a6 #ffe8b4 #ffecc2 #fff1d1 #fff5df #fff9ed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#5e90ff Analogous#ff7d5e Analogous#e1ff5e Triadic#5effcd Triadic#cd5eff Split complementary#5ee1ff Split complementary#7c5eff

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, 20, 63, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffcd5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 63 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 62 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 #ffcd5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffcd5e; }
.text { color: #ffcd5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffcd5e; }

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 #ffcd5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffcd5e 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 #ffcd5e 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 #ffcd5e 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 #ffcd5e 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.