Dark yellow

#5e5408

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark yellow falls in the yellow band, dark and vivid. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark yellow color values

Every conversion for #5e5408, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e5408

RGB94, 84, 8

HSL53, 84%, 20%

HSV53, 91%, 37%

CMYK0%, 11%, 91%, 63%

Lab35.47, -4.31, 40.77

XYZ7.83, 8.74, 1.5

Decimal6181896

Web safe#666600

Pantone455 C

Shades of dark yellow

#574e07 #514807 #4a4206 #443c06 #3d3705 #373105 #302b04 #292504 #231f03 #1c1902

Tints of dark yellow

#82740b #a6940e #cab411 #ebd317 #eed93b #f1e05f #f4e783 #f7eea7 #fbf5cb #fefcef

Colors that go with dark yellow

Complementary#08125e Analogous#5e2908 Analogous#3d5e08 Triadic#085e54 Triadic#54085e Split complementary#083d5e Split complementary#29085e

Dark yellow in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 91, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e5408 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 91 63

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 88 69

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark yellow in css

Copy #5e5408 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e5408; }
.text { color: #5e5408; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e5408; }

How dark yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5e5408 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e5408 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5e5408 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5e5408 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark yellow, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #5e5408 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.