Yellow

#d4d521

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

Yellow falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #d4d521, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d4d521

RGB212, 213, 33

HSL60, 73%, 48%

HSV60, 85%, 84%

CMYK0%, 0%, 85%, 16%

Lab82.75, -18.77, 78.12

XYZ51.22, 61.7, 10.65

Decimal13948193

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#c1c21e #afb01b #9c9d18 #8a8a15 #777813 #656510 #52520d #3f400a #2d2d07 #1a1a04

Tints of yellow

#dedf30 #e5e55a #e8e970 #ecec85 #efef9a #f2f3b0 #f6f6c5 #f9f9da #fdfdf0

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2221d5 Analogous#d57c21 Analogous#7ad521 Triadic#21d4d5 Triadic#d521d4 Split complementary#217ad5 Split complementary#7c21d5

Yellow in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 85, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d4d521 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 85 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 82 22

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #d4d521 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d4d521; }
.text { color: #d4d521; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d4d521; }

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 #d4d521 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d4d521 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 #d4d521 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 #d4d521 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

The figures for #d4d521 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.