Yellow

#dede21

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 strong. 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 #dede21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dede21

RGB222, 222, 33

HSL60, 74%, 50%

HSV60, 85%, 87%

CMYK0%, 0%, 85%, 13%

Lab85.95, -18.97, 81.06

XYZ56.52, 67.88, 11.56

Decimal14605857

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#caca1e #b7b71b #a3a318 #909015 #7c7c12 #696910 #55550d #42420a #2e2e07 #1b1b04

Tints of yellow

#e1e136 #e4e44a #e7e75f #eaea74 #eded88 #f0f09d #f3f3b2 #f7f7c6 #fafadb #fdfdef

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#2121de Analogous#de8021 Analogous#80de21 Triadic#21dede Triadic#de21de Split complementary#217fde Split complementary#7f21de

Yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 85, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dede21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 85 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 82 19

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

Yellow in css

Copy #dede21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dede21; }
.text { color: #dede21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dede21; }

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 #dede21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dede21 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 #dede21 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 #dede21 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

The figures for #dede21 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.