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Gold

Gold is a vivid, fully saturated, mid-toned warm yellow (#FFD700).

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Using Gold in your designs

Gold is a mid-toned, vivid, fully saturated take on yellow. Colors in this range are commonly associated with optimism, caution and visibility, which makes gold a natural fit for highlights, warning states and youthful, energetic branding.

Gold is bright enough that it pairs better with dark text than white: black type on gold hits 14.97:1 — comfortably past the WCAG AA threshold — while white manages only 1.40:1. It shines as a section background, card fill or subtle highlight where a full-strength accent would shout.

For pairings, the complement of gold sits at 231° — #0026FF, close to blue — and delivers the strongest possible hue contrast; use it sparingly, in roughly a 90/10 split, so the two don't fight. For calmer schemes, the analogous colors 30° to either side keep the same warm temperature, while the triadic pair gives you a balanced three-color palette. All of these are computed for gold in the palettes below, with copy-ready codes.

Gold color palettes

Every palette below is computed from gold's position on the color wheel (hue 51°). Hover any swatch to see its code; click to copy.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Tetradic

Monochromatic

Tints and shades of Gold

Tints mix gold toward white; shades mix it toward black. Use the scale for hover states, borders and depth without leaving the hue.

Shades → base → tints

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG 2.1 requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA) and 3:1 for large text. Here's how gold performs, plus how it appears under the three main types of dichromatic color blindness (simulated approximation).

PairingRatioNormal textLarge text
White text on Gold1.40:1FailFail
Black text on Gold14.97:1AAAAAA
Protanopia#EEED34
Deuteranopia#F0F340
Tritanopia#FD5D66

Gold in code

Copy-ready snippets. In CSS you can also use the keyword gold directly.

:root {
  --gold: #FFD700;
  --gold-rgb: 255, 215, 0;
  --gold-tint: #FFE973;
  --gold-shade: #8C7600;
}

.btn-gold {
  background: var(--gold);
  color: #000000;
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-gold: #FFD700;
  --color-gold-light: #FFE973;
  --color-gold-dark: #8C7600;
}

Generate a complete ramp and semantic roles in the Tailwind color generator.

Tailwind CSS v3 — extend your theme

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        gold: { DEFAULT: "#FFD700", light: "#FFE973", dark: "#8C7600" }
      }
    }
  }
};

Colors similar to Gold

The closest CSS named colors by perceptual (Lab) distance.

yellow#FFFF00 · ΔE 23
goldenrod#DAA520 · ΔE 27
orange#FFA500 · ΔE 30
darkgoldenrod#B8860B · ΔE 39
yellowgreen#9ACD32 · ΔE 43
khaki#F0E68C · ΔE 43
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