Colour contrasts?

The cover of the RPG is going to be a lot of gold coins with dragons on them. I need to make the lettering a good contrasty colour - black sort of works but I'm not convinced it's best. I've used red a lot on previous stuff, any suggestions for an alternative?

Here's what the cover looks like at the moment:




Any suggestions?

Another try at the cover

Any better?



This is certainly a lot clearer on screen, maybe a bit too stark. I can't seem to identify the font used for the original cover, anyone got a clue?

( original cover )