Yellow

#9d9988

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

This is Yellow, a grey yellow at 49 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #9d9988, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d9988

RGB157, 153, 136

HSL49, 10%, 57%

HSV49, 13%, 62%

CMYK0%, 3%, 13%, 38%

Lab63.12, -1.58, 9.46

XYZ29.74, 31.73, 27.85

Decimal10328456

Web safe#999999

Pantone415 C

Shades of yellow

#918d7a #847f6d #767261 #676455 #595649 #4a483d #3c3a31 #2e2c26 #1f1e1a #11100e

Tints of yellow

#a6a293 #afac9e #b8b5a9 #c1beb4 #cac8bf #d3d1ca #dcdbd4 #e5e4df #eeedea #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#888c9d Analogous#9d8e88 Analogous#969d88 Triadic#889d99 Triadic#99889d Split complementary#88969d Split complementary#8f889d

Yellow in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 13, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d9988 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 13 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 16 44

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.

Yellow in css

Copy #9d9988 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d9988; }
.text { color: #9d9988; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d9988; }

How yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9d9988 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d9988 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9d9988 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9d9988 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 yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #9d9988 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.