Light yellow

#bdbca9

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 muted. 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 #bdbca9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdbca9

RGB189, 188, 169

HSL57, 13%, 70%

HSV57, 11%, 74%

CMYK0%, 1%, 11%, 26%

Lab75.85, -2.99, 9.74

XYZ46.13, 49.65, 44.69

Decimal12434601

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5645 C

Shades of light yellow

#afae96 #a19f84 #929171 #807f63 #6e6d54 #5b5a46 #494838 #36362a #24231c #11110d

Tints of light yellow

#c3c2b1 #c9c8b8 #cecec0 #d4d4c7 #dadacf #e0dfd7 #ecebe6 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#a9aabd Analogous#bdb2a9 Analogous#b4bda9 Triadic#a9bdbc Triadic#bca9bd Split complementary#a9b4bd Split complementary#b2a9bd

Light yellow in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 11, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdbca9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 11 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 14 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 #bdbca9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdbca9; }
.text { color: #bdbca9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdbca9; }

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 #bdbca9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdbca9 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 #bdbca9 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 #bdbca9 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 #bdbca9 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.