Yellow

#afb09d

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

Yellow is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. 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 #afb09d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afb09d

RGB175, 176, 157

HSL63, 11%, 65%

HSV63, 11%, 69%

CMYK1%, 0%, 11%, 31%

Lab71.28, -3.75, 9.61

XYZ39.29, 42.6, 38.05

Decimal11514013

Web safe#999999

Pantone414 C

Shades of yellow

#a1a38c #94957c #85866c #74755f #646551 #535444 #424336 #323229 #21221b #11110e

Tints of yellow

#b6b7a6 #bdbeaf #c5c5b7 #ccccc0 #d3d4c9 #dadbd2 #e1e2db #e9e9e3 #f0f0ec #f7f7f5

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#9e9db0 Analogous#b0a89d Analogous#a6b09d Triadic#9dafb0 Triadic#b09daf Split complementary#9da6b0 Split complementary#a89db0

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 1, 0, 11, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afb09d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 11 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 14 37

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 #afb09d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afb09d; }
.text { color: #afb09d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afb09d; }

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 #afb09d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afb09d 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 #afb09d 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 #afb09d 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 #afb09d 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.