Gold

#d5ca21

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

This is Gold, a strong yellow at 56 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Gold color values

Every conversion for #d5ca21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5ca21

RGB213, 202, 33

HSL56, 73%, 48%

HSV56, 85%, 84%

CMYK0%, 5%, 85%, 16%

Lab79.9, -12.87, 75.8

XYZ48.84, 56.5, 9.77

Decimal14010913

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone605 C

Shades of gold

#c2b81e #b0a71b #9d9518 #8a8315 #787213 #656010 #524e0d #403d0a #2d2b07 #1a1904

Tints of gold

#dfd430 #e2d945 #e5dd5a #e9e170 #ece685 #efea9a #f3efb0 #f6f3c5 #f9f7da #fdfcf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#212cd5 Analogous#d57021 Analogous#86d521 Triadic#21d5ca Triadic#ca21d5 Split complementary#2186d5 Split complementary#7021d5

Gold in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 85, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5ca21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 85 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 82 22

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gold in css

Copy #d5ca21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5ca21; }
.text { color: #d5ca21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5ca21; }

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 #d5ca21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5ca21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gold on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5ca21 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn gold into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5ca21 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 #d5ca21 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.