50 Types of Gold Color

John Spacey, updated on August 16, 2023

Gold color is an orangish yellow that represents the unique gleaming color of the metal gold. While many metals have a silver color, the color of gold is unique amongst metals with the closest element in color being copper. However, gold color occurs in minerals such as iron pyrite, plants such as goldenrod, animals such as the Monarch butterfly and other natural occurrences such as the sky at sunset. The following are common types of gold color.

Velvet Gold
#7f5e00

Antique Gold
#826634

Yukon Gold
#826a21

Dull Gold
#8a6f48

Burnished Gold
#8d7023

Gold Dust
#a4803f

Bungalow Gold
#ad8047

Faint Gold
#b59410

Inca Gold
#bb7a2c

Tarnished Gold
#bbb121

Sandy Gold
#bda565

Vegas Gold
#c5b358

Christmas Gold
#caa906

Deep Gold
#cba230

Old Gold
#cfb53b

Rose Gold
#d38d85

American Gold
#d3af37

Metallic Gold
#d4af37

Harvest Gold
#da9100

Goldenrod
#daa520

Gold Tooth
#dbb40c

Maple Gold
#dd8e47

Cream Gold
#dec05f

Beige Gold
#e0bb96

Gold Deposit
#e0ce57

Gold Tips
#e2b227

White Gold
#e3e3de

Classic Gold
#e4b024

Honey Gold
#e6b113

New Gold
#ead151

Bright Gold
#edc92d

Goldfinger
#eebb11

Amber Gold
#f2c11d

Golden Kiwi
#f3dd3e

Golden
#f5bf03

Golden Crest
#f6ca69

Sunset Gold
#f7c46c

Champagne Gold
#f9d67d

Golden Poppy
#fcc200

Gold Coin
#fcd975

Pale Gold
#fdde6c

Polished Gold
#ffd641

Aspen Gold
#ffd662

Yuma Gold
#ffd678

Gold
#ffd700

Golden Nectar
#ffda68

Golden Yellow
#ffdf00

Caduceus Gold
#ffee66

The following is a gilded building in Kyoto called Kinkakuji as a reference for the true color of gold.

Overview: Gold Color
Type	Yellow
Component Hues	Yellow Red Gold colors can also include tinges of brown and green.
Complementary Color	Purple Also contrasts well with red and this is a common combination as red and gold are viewed as lucky colors in some cultures.
Associations	Wealth Greed Prestige — often used for prizes and awards. Celebrations and holidays such as Christmas. Considered a brash, noisy and aggressive color. Some cultures consider gold an auspicious color that brings luck. In art, the color gold is associated with Byzantine art and the artist Gustav Klimt.
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