Light yellow

#fdffdc

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

Light yellow falls in the yellow band, pale and vivid. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Light yellow color values

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

Hex#fdffdc

RGB253, 255, 220

HSL63, 100%, 93%

HSV63, 14%, 100%

CMYK1%, 0%, 14%, 0%

Lab99.05, -6.41, 16.52

XYZ89.19, 97.57, 81.84

Decimal16646108

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of light yellow

#faffb0 #f8ff83 #f5ff57 #f3ff2a #eefd00 #c4d000 #9ba400 #717700 #474b00 #1d1f00

Tints of light yellow

#fdffde #fdffdf #fdffe1 #fdffe3 #fdffe5 #feffe6 #feffe8 #feffea #feffeb #feffed

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#dedcff Analogous#fff0dc Analogous#ecffdc Triadic#dcfdff Triadic#ffdcfd Split complementary#dcecff Split complementary#f0dcff

Light yellow in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 14, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 14 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 17 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 #fdffdc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fdffdc 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 #fdffdc 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 #fdffdc 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

Every value on this page for #fdffdc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.