Light yellow

#bbb8af

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

Light yellow is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Light yellow color values

Every conversion for #bbb8af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb8af

RGB187, 184, 175

HSL45, 8%, 71%

HSV45, 6%, 73%

CMYK0%, 2%, 6%, 27%

Lab74.79, -0.56, 4.93

XYZ45.37, 47.94, 47.42

Decimal12302511

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone421 C

Shades of light yellow

#aca89d #9d988b #8d8879 #7c7769 #6a665a #58554b #46443c #34322d #22211d #11100e

Tints of light yellow

#c1beb6 #c7c4bd #cdcbc4 #d3d1cb #d9d7d2 #e5e4e0 #f1f0ee

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#afb2bb Analogous#bbb2af Analogous#b8bbaf Triadic#afbbb8 Triadic#b8afbb Split complementary#afb8bb Split complementary#b2afbb

Light 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, 2, 6, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb8af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 6 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 10 33

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.

Light yellow in css

Copy #bbb8af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb8af; }
.text { color: #bbb8af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb8af; }

How light yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bbb8af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb8af against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bbb8af sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bbb8af 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 light yellow, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bbb8af are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.