Yellow

#d5d820

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

Yellow is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. 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 #d5d820, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5d820

RGB213, 216, 32

HSL61, 74%, 49%

HSV61, 85%, 85%

CMYK1%, 0%, 85%, 15%

Lab83.63, -19.84, 79.08

XYZ52.26, 63.36, 10.84

Decimal14014496

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#c2c51d #b0b21a #9d9f18 #8a8c15 #787912 #65660f #52530c #40410a #2d2e07 #1a1b04

Tints of yellow

#dde030 #e1e345 #e4e75b #e8ea70 #ebed85 #eff09a #f2f3b0 #f6f6c5 #f9fada #fcfdef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2320d8 Analogous#d87f20 Analogous#79d820 Triadic#20d5d8 Triadic#d820d5 Split complementary#2079d8 Split complementary#7f20d8

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 1, 0, 85, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5d820 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 85 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 82 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Yellow in css

Copy #d5d820 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5d820; }
.text { color: #d5d820; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5d820; }

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 #d5d820 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5d820 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5d820 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5d820 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

Here is how the numbers for #d5d820 are worked out. 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.