Gold

#f4cd5a

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

This is Gold, a vivid yellow at 45 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 #f4cd5a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4cd5a

RGB244, 205, 90

HSL45, 88%, 65%

HSV45, 63%, 96%

CMYK0%, 16%, 63%, 4%

Lab83.77, 1.19, 60.77

XYZ60.99, 63.63, 18.74

Decimal16043354

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone141 C

Shades of gold

#f2c43e #f0bc21 #e4ae0f #c7980d #ab830b #8e6d09 #725708 #564106 #392c04 #1d1602

Tints of gold

#f5d169 #f6d678 #f7da86 #f8df95 #f9e3a4 #fae8b3 #fbecc2 #fcf1d1 #fdf5df #fefaee

Colors that go with gold

Complementary#5a81f4 Analogous#f4805a Analogous#cef45a Triadic#5af4cd Triadic#cd5af4 Split complementary#5acef4 Split complementary#805af4

Gold in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 63, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4cd5a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 63 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 62 10

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 #f4cd5a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4cd5a; }
.text { color: #f4cd5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4cd5a; }

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 #f4cd5a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4cd5a 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 #f4cd5a 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 #f4cd5a 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

Every value on this page for #f4cd5a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.