Yellow

#fdfe5d

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

Yellow is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. 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 #fdfe5d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fdfe5d

RGB253, 254, 93

HSL60, 99%, 68%

HSV60, 63%, 100%

CMYK0%, 0%, 63%, 0%

Lab97.05, -19.3, 73.91

XYZ77.93, 92.56, 24.11

Decimal16645725

Web safe#ffff66

Pantone101 C

Shades of yellow

#fdfe3e #f9fb02 #dadb01 #babc01 #9b9c01 #7c7d01 #5d5d01 #3d3e00 #1e1e00

Tints of yellow

#fdfe7a #fefe88 #fefe97 #fefea5 #feffb4 #feffc2 #feffd0 #ffffdf #ffffed

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#5e5dfe Analogous#feae5d Analogous#adfe5d Triadic#5dfdfe Triadic#fe5dfd Split complementary#5dacfe Split complementary#af5dfe

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, 63, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fdfe5d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 63 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 62 6

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 #fdfe5d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fdfe5d; }
.text { color: #fdfe5d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fdfe5d; }

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 #fdfe5d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fdfe5d 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 #fdfe5d 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 #fdfe5d 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 #fdfe5d 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.