Gold

#ffcf4d

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

Gold is a mid orange with grounded warmth. 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 #ffcf4d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffcf4d

RGB255, 207, 77

HSL44, 100%, 65%

HSV44, 70%, 100%

CMYK0%, 19%, 70%, 0%

Lab85.21, 4.02, 68.04

XYZ64.89, 66.42, 16.42

Decimal16764749

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone1225 C

Shades of gold

#ffc72f #ffbf11 #f2b000 #d39a00 #b58400 #976e00 #795800 #5b4200 #3d2c00 #1f1600

Tints of gold

#ffd35d #ffd86d #ffdc7d #ffe08d #ffe59d #ffe9ad #ffedbd #fff2cd #fff6dd #fffaed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4d7dff Analogous#ff764d Analogous#d6ff4d Triadic#4dffcf Triadic#cf4dff Split complementary#4dd6ff Split complementary#764dff

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, 19, 70, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffcf4d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 70 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 68 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 #ffcf4d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffcf4d; }
.text { color: #ffcf4d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffcf4d; }

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 #ffcf4d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffcf4d 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 #ffcf4d 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 #ffcf4d 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 #ffcf4d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.