Gold

#dfbd20

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 #dfbd20, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfbd20

RGB223, 189, 32

HSL49, 75%, 50%

HSV49, 86%, 87%

CMYK0%, 15%, 86%, 13%

Lab77.39, -1.94, 74.35

XYZ48.89, 52.19, 8.86

Decimal14662944

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone110 C

Shades of gold

#cbac1d #b89c1a #a48b18 #917a15 #7d6a12 #69590f #56490c #423809 #2e2707 #1b1704

Tints of gold

#e2c335 #e5c949 #e8cf5e #ebd673 #eedc88 #f1e29c #f4e8b1 #f7eec6 #faf4db #fdfaef

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#2042df Analogous#df5e20 Analogous#a1df20 Triadic#20dfbd Triadic#bd20df Split complementary#20a1df Split complementary#5d20df

Gold in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 86, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfbd20 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 86 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 83 19

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 #dfbd20 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfbd20; }
.text { color: #dfbd20; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfbd20; }

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 #dfbd20 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfbd20 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 #dfbd20 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 #dfbd20 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 #dfbd20 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.