The Black-and-gold Tanager is a Colombian endemic distributed in the central Andes in Antioquia and on the Pacific slope of the Western Cordillera at Cerro Tatamá. See the distribution map at NatureServe. It is found in humid cloudforest mainly at between 1,400 and 2,200 metres.

It is black above and on the throat and flanks with ochraceous yellow breast and more golden yellow on the belly. The shoulders are dark blue.

A common vocalization is a "pit-pit"