Yellow

#e5e520

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 #e5e520, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5e520

RGB229, 229, 32

HSL60, 79%, 51%

HSV60, 86%, 90%

CMYK0%, 0%, 86%, 10%

Lab88.35, -19.47, 83.43

XYZ60.59, 72.8, 12.22

Decimal15066400

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone396 C

Shades of yellow

#d5d519 #c0c016 #acac14 #979712 #83830f #6e6e0d #59590a #454508 #303006 #1b1b03

Tints of yellow

#e7e735 #eaea49 #ecec5e #efef73 #f1f188 #f3f39c #f6f6b1 #f8f8c6 #fbfbda #fdfdef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2020e5 Analogous#e58320 Analogous#83e520 Triadic#20e5e5 Triadic#e520e5 Split complementary#2082e5 Split complementary#8220e5

Yellow in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 86, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5e520 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 86 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 83 16

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Yellow in css

Copy #e5e520 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5e520; }
.text { color: #e5e520; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5e520; }

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 #e5e520 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5e520 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5e520 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5e520 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 #e5e520 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.