Yellow

#dadb38

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

This is Yellow, a strong yellow at 60 degrees. 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 #dadb38, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dadb38

RGB218, 219, 56

HSL60, 69%, 54%

HSV60, 74%, 86%

CMYK0%, 0%, 74%, 14%

Lab84.92, -18.46, 74.14

XYZ54.96, 65.85, 13.56

Decimal14342968

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#d3d426 #bfbf23 #aaab1f #95961b #818117 #6c6d14 #585810 #43430c #2e2f08 #1a1a05

Tints of yellow

#e1e25d #e4e56f #e8e882 #ebec94 #efefa6 #f2f2b9 #f5f6cb #f9f9dd #fcfcf0

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#3938db Analogous#db8b38 Analogous#89db38 Triadic#38dadb Triadic#db38da Split complementary#3889db Split complementary#8a38db

Yellow in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 74, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dadb38 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 74 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 72 20

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.

Yellow in css

Copy #dadb38 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dadb38; }
.text { color: #dadb38; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dadb38; }

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 #dadb38 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dadb38 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 #dadb38 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 #dadb38 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 #dadb38 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.