Gold

#ffd617

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

This is Gold, a vivid yellow at 49 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #ffd617, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffd617

RGB255, 214, 23

HSL49, 100%, 55%

HSV49, 91%, 100%

CMYK0%, 16%, 91%, 0%

Lab86.71, -1.2, 84.62

XYZ65.44, 69.41, 10.76

Decimal16766487

Web safe#ffcc00

Pantone116 C

Shades of gold

#e5bc00 #cca800 #b39300 #9a7f00 #826b00 #695600 #504200 #372e00 #1f1900

Tints of gold

#ffde42 #ffe157 #ffe56d #ffe982 #ffed97 #fff0ad #fff4c2 #fff8d8 #fffced

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#1740ff Analogous#ff6217 Analogous#b4ff17 Triadic#17ffd6 Triadic#d617ff Split complementary#17b4ff Split complementary#6217ff

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, 16, 91, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffd617 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 91 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 88 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 #ffd617 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffd617; }
.text { color: #ffd617; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffd617; }

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 #ffd617 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffd617 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 #ffd617 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 #ffd617 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 #ffd617 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.