Yellow

#dedd3f

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

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #dedd3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dedd3f

RGB222, 221, 63

HSL60, 71%, 56%

HSV60, 72%, 87%

CMYK0%, 0%, 72%, 13%

Lab85.81, -17.48, 72.8

XYZ56.88, 67.6, 14.75

Decimal14605631

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#dad929 #c8c722 #b2b11f #9c9c1b #878617 #717013 #5b5b10 #46450c #303008 #1a1a04

Tints of yellow

#e1e051 #e4e362 #e7e674 #eaea86 #eded97 #f0f0a9 #f3f3bb #f6f6cc #f9f9de #fcfcf0

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#3f40de Analogous#de8d3f Analogous#90de3f Triadic#3fdedd Triadic#dd3fde Split complementary#3f90de Split complementary#8d3fde

Yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 72, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dedd3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 72 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 70 19

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 #dedd3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dedd3f; }
.text { color: #dedd3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dedd3f; }

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 #dedd3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dedd3f 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 #dedd3f 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 #dedd3f 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 #dedd3f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.