Gold

#ffe461

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 50 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 #ffe461, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffe461

RGB255, 228, 97

HSL50, 100%, 69%

HSV50, 62%, 100%

CMYK0%, 11%, 62%, 0%

Lab90.6, -5.52, 65.48

XYZ71.14, 77.61, 22.54

Decimal16770145

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone113 C

Shades of gold

#ffdf41 #ffd921 #ffd401 #dfb900 #bf9f00 #9f8400 #7f6900 #5f4f00 #3f3400 #1f1900

Tints of gold

#ffe97d #ffeb8b #ffee99 #fff0a7 #fff2b5 #fff5c3 #fff7d1 #fffadf #fffced

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#617cff Analogous#ff9561 Analogous#cbff61 Triadic#61ffe4 Triadic#e461ff Split complementary#61cbff Split complementary#9561ff

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, 11, 62, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffe461 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 62 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 61 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 #ffe461 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffe461; }
.text { color: #ffe461; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffe461; }

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 #ffe461 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffe461 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 #ffe461 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 #ffe461 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

Every value on this page for #ffe461 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.