Light yellow

#bdbbae

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

Light yellow falls in the yellow band, light and grey. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Light yellow color values

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

Hex#bdbbae

RGB189, 187, 174

HSL52, 10%, 71%

HSV52, 8%, 74%

CMYK0%, 1%, 8%, 26%

Lab75.71, -1.61, 6.82

XYZ46.4, 49.42, 47.14

Decimal12434350

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone421 C

Shades of light yellow

#aeac9c #9f9c89 #908d77 #7f7c67 #6c6a58 #5a5849 #48463b #35342c #23221d #11100e

Tints of light yellow

#c3c1b5 #c9c7bc #cecdc3 #d4d3ca #dad9d2 #e6e5e0 #f1f1ee

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#aeb0bd Analogous#bdb3ae Analogous#b8bdae Triadic#aebdbb Triadic#bbaebd Split complementary#aeb8bd Split complementary#b3aebd

Light yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 8, 26.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 8 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 11 32

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 #bdbbae straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bdbbae are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.