Gold

#e0c14e

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 47 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 #e0c14e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e0c14e

RGB224, 193, 78

HSL47, 70%, 59%

HSV47, 65%, 88%

CMYK0%, 14%, 65%, 12%

Lab78.77, -1.72, 60.03

XYZ51.19, 54.54, 15.04

Decimal14729550

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone141 C

Shades of gold

#dcb937 #d3ae25 #bc9b21 #a5881d #8e7519 #766215 #5f4f11 #483c0d #312909 #1a1505

Tints of gold

#e3c75e #e6cc6e #e9d27f #ebd88f #eedd9f #f1e3af #f4e9bf #f7eecf #faf4e0 #fcfaf0

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#4e6de0 Analogous#e0784e Analogous#b6e04e Triadic#4ee0c1 Triadic#c14ee0 Split complementary#4eb6e0 Split complementary#784ee0

Gold in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 65, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e0c14e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 65 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 64 18

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 #e0c14e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e0c14e; }
.text { color: #e0c14e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0c14e; }

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 #e0c14e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e0c14e 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 #e0c14e 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 #e0c14e 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 #e0c14e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.