Light yellow

#bdbbb0

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Light yellow color values

Every conversion for #bdbbb0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdbbb0

RGB189, 187, 176

HSL51, 9%, 72%

HSV51, 7%, 74%

CMYK0%, 1%, 7%, 26%

Lab75.76, -1.26, 5.81

XYZ46.59, 49.49, 48.17

Decimal12434352

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone421 C

Shades of light yellow

#aeab9e #9f9c8c #8f8c79 #7e7b69 #6c695a #5a574b #47463c #35342c #23221d #11100e

Tints of light yellow

#c3c1b7 #c9c7be #cecdc5 #d4d3cc #dad9d3 #e6e5e0 #f1f1ee

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#b0b2bd Analogous#bdb4b0 Analogous#b9bdb0 Triadic#b0bdbb Triadic#bbb0bd Split complementary#b0b9bd Split complementary#b4b0bd

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, 1, 7, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdbbb0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 7 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 10 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 #bdbbb0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdbbb0; }
.text { color: #bdbbb0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdbbb0; }

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 #bdbbb0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdbbb0 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 #bdbbb0 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 #bdbbb0 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

The figures for #bdbbb0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.