Gold

#ffcf66

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

Gold sits in the orange range, light and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #ffcf66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffcf66

RGB255, 207, 102

HSL41, 100%, 70%

HSV41, 60%, 100%

CMYK0%, 19%, 60%, 0%

Lab85.43, 5.47, 57.52

XYZ65.95, 66.84, 22.0

Decimal16764774

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone135 C

Shades of gold

#ffc545 #ffbb25 #ffb004 #e29b00 #c28500 #a16f00 #815800 #604200 #3f2b00 #1f1500

Tints of gold

#ffd374 #ffd781 #ffdc8f #ffe09c #ffe4aa #ffe8b7 #ffedc5 #fff1d2 #fff5e0 #fff9ed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#6696ff Analogous#ff8366 Analogous#e2ff66 Triadic#66ffcf Triadic#cf66ff Split complementary#66e2ff Split complementary#8366ff

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, 19, 60, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffcf66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 60 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #ffcf66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffcf66; }
.text { color: #ffcf66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffcf66; }

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 #ffcf66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffcf66 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 #ffcf66 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 #ffcf66 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 #ffcf66 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.