Gold

#ffd469

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

This is Gold, a vivid orange at 43 degrees. 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 #ffd469, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffd469

RGB255, 212, 105

HSL43, 100%, 71%

HSV43, 59%, 100%

CMYK0%, 17%, 59%, 0%

Lab86.69, 3.12, 57.58

XYZ67.33, 69.37, 23.2

Decimal16766057

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone141 C

Shades of gold

#ffcb48 #ffc127 #ffb806 #e4a300 #c38b00 #a27400 #815c00 #604500 #402d00 #1f1600

Tints of gold

#ffd876 #ffdc83 #ffdf91 #ffe39e #ffe7ab #ffebb8 #ffefc6 #fff2d3 #fff6e0 #fffaed

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#6994ff Analogous#ff8969 Analogous#dfff69 Triadic#69ffd4 Triadic#d469ff Split complementary#69dfff Split complementary#8969ff

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, 17, 59, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffd469 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 59 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 58 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 #ffd469 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffd469; }
.text { color: #ffd469; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffd469; }

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 #ffd469 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffd469 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 #ffd469 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 #ffd469 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 #ffd469 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.