Yellow

#b4b49b

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

Yellow is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. 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 #b4b49b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4b49b

RGB180, 180, 155

HSL60, 14%, 66%

HSV60, 14%, 71%

CMYK0%, 0%, 14%, 29%

Lab72.7, -4.36, 12.77

XYZ41.06, 44.71, 37.48

Decimal11842715

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5783 C

Shades of yellow

#a7a78a #9a9a78 #8b8b68 #7a7a5b #68684e #575741 #464634 #343427 #23231a #11110d

Tints of yellow

#bbbba4 #c1c1ad #c8c8b6 #cfcfbf #d6d6c8 #dcdcd1 #e3e3da #eaeae3 #f1f1ec #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#9b9bb4 Analogous#b4a89b Analogous#a8b49b Triadic#9bb4b4 Triadic#b49bb4 Split complementary#9ba8b4 Split complementary#a89bb4

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, 0, 14, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4b49b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 14 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 17 35

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 #b4b49b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4b49b; }
.text { color: #b4b49b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4b49b; }

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 #b4b49b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4b49b 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 #b4b49b 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 #b4b49b 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 #b4b49b 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.