Gold

#efc135

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

Gold is a mid yellow, confident 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 #efc135, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efc135

RGB239, 193, 53

HSL45, 85%, 57%

HSV45, 78%, 94%

CMYK0%, 19%, 78%, 6%

Lab80.04, 3.48, 71.3

XYZ55.31, 56.75, 11.41

Decimal15712565

Web safe#ffcc33

Pantone142 C

Shades of gold

#edba1d #deac12 #c69910 #ae860e #95730c #7d610a #654e08 #4d3b06 #352904 #1c1602

Tints of gold

#f0c748 #f2cc5a #f3d26d #f5d87f #f6dd92 #f8e3a4 #f9e9b7 #fbefc9 #fcf4dc #fefaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#3563ef Analogous#ef6435 Analogous#c0ef35 Triadic#35efc1 Triadic#c135ef Split complementary#35c0ef Split complementary#6435ef

Gold in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 78, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efc135 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 78 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 76 12

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 #efc135 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efc135; }
.text { color: #efc135; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efc135; }

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 #efc135 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efc135 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 #efc135 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 #efc135 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 #efc135 are worked out. 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.