Gold

#dfd53e

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

Gold is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. 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 #dfd53e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd53e

RGB223, 213, 62

HSL56, 72%, 56%

HSV56, 72%, 87%

CMYK0%, 4%, 72%, 13%

Lab83.77, -13.15, 71.23

XYZ55.1, 63.62, 13.93

Decimal14669118

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of gold

#dbd028 #c9be21 #b3aa1e #9d951a #878016 #726c13 #5c570f #46420c #302e08 #1a1904

Tints of gold

#e2d950 #e5dd62 #e8e173 #ebe485 #eee897 #f1eca9 #f4f0ba #f7f4cc #faf8de #fcfcf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3e48df Analogous#df853e Analogous#98df3e Triadic#3edfd5 Triadic#d53edf Split complementary#3e98df Split complementary#843edf

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, 4, 72, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd53e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 72 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 70 19

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 #dfd53e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd53e; }
.text { color: #dfd53e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd53e; }

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 #dfd53e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd53e 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 #dfd53e 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 #dfd53e 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 #dfd53e 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.