Gold or Golden is a web color that belongs to the yellow color family (hue). The color has a yellow-orange tone, representing the element of gold color. The traditional gold color, also called "Metallic Gold" has a dark yellow shade and is represented in hex code D4AF37.
Gold is a color of wealth, success, and achievement. It is associated with status, abundance, prosperity, and luxury.
What color is Gold (Golden)?
Gold (Golden) color belongs to the Yellow color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Gold (Golden) is #FFD700, and the RGB color code is RGB(255, 215, 0).
In the RGB color model, Gold (Golden) has a red value of 255, a green value of 215, and a blue value of 0. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 100.0% yellow, and 0.0% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 50.6° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 50.0 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Gold (Golden) has a hue of 50.6° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 100.0 % brightness/value.
Gold (Golden) is cool or warm?
The color Gold (Golden) is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Gold (Golden)?
Gold (Golden) has an LRV of nearly 70. By LRV value, it is a light color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Gold (Golden) color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(50.59deg, 100.0 %, 50.0 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 50.59°
W: 0.00 %
B: 0.00 %
XYZ
X : 65.54
Y : 69.86
Z : 10.03
YXY
Y1 : 69.86
X : 0.45
Y2 : 0.48
CMY
C : 0.00%
M : 15.69%
Y : 100.00%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 86.93
A : -1.92
B : 87.14
CIE-Lch
L : 86.93
C : 87.16
H : 91.27
CIE-Luv
L : 86.93
U : 35.5
V : 92.09
Hunter-Lab
L : 83.58
A : -6.3
B : 51.39
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Gold (Golden)
Here are the colors similar to Gold (Golden) . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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Pantone TCX
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British Standard 4800
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Pantone TPX
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RAL Classic
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RAL Design
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Paint similar to Gold (Golden)
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Gold (Golden) . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Benjamin Moore
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Dunn-Edwards
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PPG Paints
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Valspar
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Sherwin Williams
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Behr
Gold (Golden) color similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of Gold (Golden) to Behr
Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Example Color Images and Mockup
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Gold (Golden) - #FFD700 Color Images and Patterns
