Yellow

#dddd21

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #dddd21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dddd21

RGB221, 221, 33

HSL60, 74%, 50%

HSV60, 85%, 87%

CMYK0%, 0%, 85%, 13%

Lab85.6, -18.9, 80.75

XYZ55.95, 67.19, 11.46

Decimal14540065

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#caca1e #b6b61b #a3a318 #8f8f15 #7c7c12 #686810 #55550d #41410a #2e2e07 #1b1b04

Tints of yellow

#e4e44a #e7e75e #eaea73 #eded88 #f0f09d #f3f3b1 #f6f6c6 #fafadb #fdfdef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2121dd Analogous#dd7f21 Analogous#7fdd21 Triadic#21dddd Triadic#dd21dd Split complementary#217fdd Split complementary#7f21dd

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 0, 0, 85, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dddd21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 85 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 82 19

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 #dddd21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dddd21; }
.text { color: #dddd21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dddd21; }

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 #dddd21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dddd21 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 #dddd21 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 #dddd21 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 #dddd21 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.