Gold

#d9bd2c

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

Gold falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. 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 #d9bd2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9bd2c

RGB217, 189, 44

HSL50, 69%, 51%

HSV50, 80%, 85%

CMYK0%, 13%, 80%, 15%

Lab76.88, -4.2, 70.51

XYZ47.27, 51.33, 9.8

Decimal14269740

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone606 C

Shades of gold

#caaf24 #b69e21 #a38d1d #8f7c1a #7c6b16 #685a13 #55490f #41380c #2d2708 #1a1605

Tints of gold

#ddc340 #e0c953 #e4cf67 #e7d67a #ebdc8e #eee2a2 #f2e8b5 #f5eec9 #f9f4dc #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#2c48d9 Analogous#d9662c Analogous#9fd92c Triadic#2cd9bd Triadic#bd2cd9 Split complementary#2c9ed9 Split complementary#662cd9

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, 13, 80, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9bd2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 80 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 78 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #d9bd2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9bd2c; }
.text { color: #d9bd2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9bd2c; }

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 #d9bd2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9bd2c 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 #d9bd2c 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 #d9bd2c 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 #d9bd2c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.