Yellow

#dcda2f

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 59 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #dcda2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcda2f

RGB220, 218, 47

HSL59, 71%, 52%

HSV59, 79%, 86%

CMYK0%, 1%, 79%, 14%

Lab84.77, -17.46, 76.7

XYZ55.1, 65.56, 12.44

Decimal14473775

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#d0ce23 #bcba20 #a8a61c #949219 #7f7e15 #6b6a12 #57560f #43420b #2e2e08 #1a1a04

Tints of yellow

#e2e156 #e6e469 #e9e87c #eceb8f #efefa3 #f3f2b6 #f6f5c9 #f9f9dc #fcfcf0

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2f31dc Analogous#dc842f Analogous#87dc2f Triadic#2fdcda Triadic#da2fdc Split complementary#2f88dc Split complementary#832fdc

Yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 79, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcda2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 79 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 77 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 #dcda2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcda2f; }
.text { color: #dcda2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcda2f; }

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 #dcda2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcda2f 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 #dcda2f 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 #dcda2f 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 #dcda2f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.