Light yellow

#bbbbae

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

Light yellow is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. 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 #bbbbae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbbbae

RGB187, 187, 174

HSL60, 9%, 71%

HSV60, 7%, 73%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 27%

Lab75.55, -2.33, 6.58

XYZ45.9, 49.16, 47.11

Decimal12303278

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5645 C

Shades of light yellow

#acac9c #9d9d8a #8e8e78 #7c7c68 #6a6a59 #58584a #47473b #35352c #23231d #11110e

Tints of light yellow

#c1c1b5 #c7c7bc #cdcdc3 #d3d3cb #d9d9d2 #dfdfd9 #e5e5e0 #ebebe7 #f1f1ee #f7f7f5

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#aeaebb Analogous#bbb4ae Analogous#b4bbae Triadic#aebbbb Triadic#bbaebb Split complementary#aeb4bb Split complementary#b4aebb

Light yellow in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 7, 27.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 33

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 #bbbbae straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

The figures for #bbbbae 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. 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.