Yellow

#eeee3d

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 vivid. 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 #eeee3d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eeee3d

RGB238, 238, 61

HSL60, 84%, 59%

HSV60, 74%, 93%

CMYK0%, 0%, 74%, 7%

Lab91.53, -19.23, 79.26

XYZ66.68, 79.66, 16.28

Decimal15658557

Web safe#ffff33

Pantone394 C

Shades of yellow

#e2e214 #c9c912 #b0b00f #98980d #7f7f0b #666609 #4d4d07 #353505 #1c1c02

Tints of yellow

#f1f161 #f3f372 #f4f484 #f6f696 #f7f7a8 #f9f9b9 #fafacb #fcfcdd #fefeef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#3d3dee Analogous#ee953d Analogous#96ee3d Triadic#3deeee Triadic#ee3dee Split complementary#3d95ee Split complementary#953dee

Yellow in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 74, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eeee3d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 74 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 72 13

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 #eeee3d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eeee3d; }
.text { color: #eeee3d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eeee3d; }

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 #eeee3d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eeee3d 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 #eeee3d 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 #eeee3d 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 #eeee3d is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.