Gold (colour)
| Gold (golden) | |
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| Common connotations | |
| First place in a competition, wealth | |
 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFD700 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 215, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 16, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (51°, 100%, 100%) |
| Source | X11 |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| Metallic Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #D4AF37 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (212, 175, 55) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (18, 28, 94, 1) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (46°, 74%, 83%) |
| Source | ISCC NBS |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| Old Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #CFB53B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (207, 181, 59) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 13, 71, 19) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (49°, 71%, 81%) |
| Source | [1]/Maerz and Paul |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| Golden Yellow | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFDF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 223, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 12, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (52.5°, 100%, 100%) |
| Source | [2]/Maerz and Paul |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| Golden Poppy | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FCC200 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (252, 194, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 3, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (47°, 98%, 97%) |
| Source | [3]/Maerz and Paul |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| USC Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFCC00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 204, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 27, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (48°, 100%, 100%) |
| Source | USC Identity Guidelines |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| UC Berkeley Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #F2A900 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (253, 181, 21) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 32, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (40°, 78.7%, 71.8%) |
| Source | Brand Guidelines |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| Cal Poly Pomona Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #C6930A |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (198, 147, 10) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 27.5, 100, 8.5) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (44°, 94.9%, 77.6%) |
| Source | Graphic Standards |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| UCLA Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFE800 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 232, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 5, 100, 0) |
| Source | UCLA |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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| MU Gold | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #F1B82D |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (241, 184, 45) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (43°, 81%, 95%) |
| Source | [4] |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-orange color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold.
The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold" (shown below).
The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blond hair.
Metallic gold, such as in paint, is often called goldtone or gold-tone. In heraldry, the French word or is used. In model building, the color gold is different from brass. A shiny or metallic silvertone object can be painted with transparent yellow to obtain goldtone, something often done with Christmas decorations.
At right is displayed a representation of the color metallic gold (the color traditionally known as gold) which is a simulation of the color of the actual metallic element gold itself—gold shade.
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See color sample of the color Gold (Color Sample Gold (T) #84) displayed on indicated web page:
The first recorded use of gold as a color name in English was in the year 1400.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines the color metallic gold as "A light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow."
Of course, the visual sensation usually associated with the metal gold is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color, because the shiny effect is due to the material's reflective brightness varying with the surface's angle to the light source.
This is why, in art, a metallic paint that glitters in an approximation of real gold would be used; a solid color like that of the cell displayed in the adjacent box does not aesthetically "read" as gold. Especially in sacral art in Christian churches, real gold (as gold leaf) was used for rendering gold in paintings, e.g. for the halo of saints. Gold can also be woven into sheets of silk to give an East Asian traditional look.
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