A powdery coating composition comprising (1) 10 to 40% by weight of a solid cross-linking agent having a softening point of 50.degree. to 120.degree. C. and prepared by heating 40 to 75% by weight of an acrylic resin having free hydroxyl groups and 60 to 25% by weight of an alkoxyaminotriazine at 50.degree. to 120.degree. C., and (2) 90 to 60% by weight of a base resin having a softening point of 60.degree. to 130.degree. C. and an acid value of up to 30 and containing 0.4 to 2.0 moles of free hydroxyl groups per kilogram of the resin, the alkoxyaminotriazine having 0 to 1 non-methylolated NH bond per triazine ring, at least 80% of the methylol groups of the alkoxyaminotriazine having been etherified with an aliphatic or alicyclic alcohol or ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether.