Light yellow

#f8fedd

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

Light yellow sits in the green range, pale and vivid. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light yellow color values

Every conversion for #f8fedd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8fedd

RGB248, 254, 221

HSL71, 94%, 93%

HSV71, 13%, 100%

CMYK2%, 0%, 13%, 0%

Lab98.46, -7.49, 15.12

XYZ87.2, 96.06, 82.35

Decimal16318173

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of light yellow

#effdb2 #e6fb87 #ddfa5b #d4f930 #caf607 #a7ca06 #839f05 #607403 #3c4902 #181e01

Tints of light yellow

#f8fedf #f9fee0 #f9fee2 #f9fee4 #fafee5 #fafee7 #fafee9 #fbfeea #fbfeec #fbfeee

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#e3ddfe Analogous#fef4dd Analogous#e7fedd Triadic#ddf8fe Triadic#feddf8 Split complementary#dde7fe Split complementary#f4ddfe

Light yellow in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 13, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8fedd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 13 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 16 6

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

Light yellow in css

Copy #f8fedd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8fedd; }
.text { color: #f8fedd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8fedd; }

How light yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f8fedd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8fedd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f8fedd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f8fedd 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 light yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f8fedd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.