Yellow

#b7b5a5

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 #b7b5a5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7b5a5

RGB183, 181, 165

HSL53, 11%, 68%

HSV53, 10%, 72%

CMYK0%, 1%, 10%, 28%

Lab73.44, -2.13, 8.4

XYZ42.84, 45.83, 42.19

Decimal12039589

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone414 C

Shades of yellow

#a9a793 #9b9882 #8c8970 #7b7862 #696754 #585646 #464438 #34332a #23221c #11110e

Tints of yellow

#bdbcad #c4c2b5 #cac9bd #d1cfc5 #d7d6cd #ddddd5 #e4e3dd #eaeae5 #f1f0ed #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#a5a7b7 Analogous#b7aca5 Analogous#b0b7a5 Triadic#a5b7b5 Triadic#b5a5b7 Split complementary#a5b0b7 Split complementary#aca5b7

Yellow in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 10, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7b5a5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 10 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 13 34

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 #b7b5a5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7b5a5; }
.text { color: #b7b5a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7b5a5; }

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 #b7b5a5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7b5a5 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 #b7b5a5 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 #b7b5a5 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

Here is how the numbers for #b7b5a5 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.