====== Yellow gold ======
**Yellow gold** is availabe with a [[gold]] content of 33 to about 99%. Many yellow gold alloys follow the following scheme, where the alloys in practice usually contain additional metal parts to improve, for example, the castability or the hardness.

^Designation ^Gold content ^Silver content ^Copper content^
^Yellow gold 333 (pale yellow) |33.3 % |53.4 % |13.3 %|
^Yellow gold 333 (medium yellow) |33.3 % |33.3 % |33.3 %|
^Yellow gold 333 (yellow) |33.3 % |11.4 %((+12.2% additional metals)) |43.1 % (*)|
^Yellow gold 375 (pale yellow) |37.5 % |55.0 % |7.5 %|
^Yellow gold 375 (medium yellow) |37.5 % |42.5 % |20.0 %|
^Yellow gold 375 (yellow) |37.5 % |31.2 % |31.3 %|
^Yellow gold 585 (yellow) |58.5 % |30.0 % |11.5 %|
^Yellow gold 750 (full yellow) |75.0 % |12.5 % |12.5 %|

See also [[Gold#The_color_range_of_18_carat_gold_.28examples.29|The color range of 18 carat gold]]


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