Yellow

#d4e122

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 #d4e122, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d4e122

RGB212, 225, 34

HSL64, 76%, 51%

HSV64, 85%, 88%

CMYK6%, 0%, 85%, 12%

Lab85.99, -24.56, 80.58

XYZ54.37, 67.96, 11.77

Decimal13951266

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone389 C

Shades of yellow

#c4d01c #b1bc19 #9ea817 #8b9414 #787f11 #656b0f #52570c #3f4309 #2c2f06 #191b04

Tints of yellow

#dce74b #e0e960 #e4ec74 #e8ef89 #ecf29d #f0f5b2 #f4f7c6 #f8fadb #fcfdef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2f22e1 Analogous#e18f22 Analogous#74e122 Triadic#22d4e1 Triadic#e122d4 Split complementary#2274e1 Split complementary#8f22e1

Yellow in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 6, 0, 85, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d4e122 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 85 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 82 18

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 #d4e122 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d4e122; }
.text { color: #d4e122; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d4e122; }

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 #d4e122 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d4e122 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 #d4e122 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 #d4e122 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

Every value on this page for #d4e122 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.