Yellow

#fffa00

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

This is Yellow, a vivid yellow at 59 degrees. 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 #fffa00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fffa00

RGB255, 250, 0

HSL59, 100%, 50%

HSV59, 100%, 100%

CMYK0%, 2%, 100%, 0%

Lab95.84, -19.17, 93.54

XYZ75.43, 89.63, 13.33

Decimal16775680

Web safe#ffff00

Pantone3945 C

Shades of yellow

#e9e400 #d2ce00 #bcb800 #a5a200 #8f8c00 #787600 #626000 #4b4a00 #353400 #1f1e00

Tints of yellow

#fffa18 #fffb2f #fffb47 #fffc5f #fffc77 #fffd8e #fffda6 #fffebe #fffed5 #ffffed

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#0005ff Analogous#ff7a00 Analogous#85ff00 Triadic#00fffa Triadic#fa00ff Split complementary#0085ff Split complementary#7a00ff

Yellow in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 100, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fffa00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 100 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 96 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Yellow in css

Copy #fffa00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fffa00; }
.text { color: #fffa00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fffa00; }

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 #fffa00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fffa00 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 #fffa00 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 #fffa00 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 #fffa00 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.