Yellow

#aeae9b

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 grey. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #aeae9b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aeae9b

RGB174, 174, 155

HSL60, 10%, 65%

HSV60, 11%, 68%

CMYK0%, 0%, 11%, 32%

Lab70.62, -3.39, 9.76

XYZ38.51, 41.64, 37.02

Decimal11447963

Web safe#999999

Pantone414 C

Shades of yellow

#a1a18b #93937a #84846b #74745e #636350 #535343 #424236 #323228 #21211b #11110e

Tints of yellow

#b5b5a4 #bdbdad #c4c4b6 #cbcbbf #d3d3c8 #dadad1 #e1e1da #e8e8e3 #f0f0ec #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#9b9bae Analogous#aea49b Analogous#a4ae9b Triadic#9baeae Triadic#ae9bae Split complementary#9ba4ae Split complementary#a49bae

Yellow in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 11, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aeae9b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 11 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 14 38

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.

Yellow in css

Copy #aeae9b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aeae9b; }
.text { color: #aeae9b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aeae9b; }

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 #aeae9b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aeae9b 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 #aeae9b 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 #aeae9b 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 #aeae9b are worked out. 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.