Yellow

#aaa794

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 52 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 #aaa794, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa794

RGB170, 167, 148

HSL52, 11%, 62%

HSV52, 13%, 67%

CMYK0%, 2%, 13%, 33%

Lab68.26, -2.28, 10.21

XYZ35.74, 38.32, 33.53

Decimal11184020

Web safe#999999

Pantone415 C

Shades of yellow

#9d9a84 #918d74 #817e67 #716e5a #615e4d #514f40 #413f34 #313027 #21201a #11110e

Tints of yellow

#b2af9e #b9b7a7 #c1bfb1 #c9c7bb #d1cfc5 #d8d7ce #e0dfd8 #e8e7e2 #efefeb #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#9497aa Analogous#aa9c94 Analogous#a2aa94 Triadic#94aaa7 Triadic#a794aa Split complementary#94a2aa Split complementary#9c94aa

Yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 13, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa794 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 13 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 16 39

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 #aaa794 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa794; }
.text { color: #aaa794; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa794; }

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 #aaa794 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa794 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 #aaa794 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 #aaa794 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 #aaa794 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.