Yellow

#dcfa3e

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

This is Yellow, a vivid green at 70 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #dcfa3e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcfa3e

RGB220, 250, 62

HSL70, 95%, 61%

HSV70, 75%, 98%

CMYK12%, 0%, 75%, 2%

Lab93.42, -32.1, 80.22

XYZ64.57, 83.93, 17.36

Decimal14481982

Web safe#ccff33

Pantone387 C

Shades of yellow

#d2f907 #bbde06 #a4c205 #8da704 #768c04 #5f7003 #485502 #303901 #191e01

Tints of yellow

#e2fb61 #e6fb73 #e9fc84 #ecfc96 #effda7 #f2fdb9 #f5feca #f9fedc #fcffee

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#5c3efa Analogous#faba3e Analogous#7efa3e Triadic#3edcfa Triadic#fa3edc Split complementary#3e7efa Split complementary#ba3efa

Yellow in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 75, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcfa3e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 75 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 73 8

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 #dcfa3e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcfa3e; }
.text { color: #dcfa3e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcfa3e; }

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 #dcfa3e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcfa3e 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 #dcfa3e 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 #dcfa3e 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 #dcfa3e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.