Yellow
| Yellow | |
|---|---|
| イエロー | |
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex | #FFE800 |
| RGB | (255, 232, 0) |
| CMYK | (0, 9, 100, 0) |
| CIELab* | (90, -3, 90) |
| Pantone | Yellow U |
| Ink information | |
| Brand | 
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| Series | Standard |
| Product number(s) | |
| GR/RP | S-4391 |
| Z-Type | S-4279 |
Yellow is one of the standard inks from —it is a bright process yellow, and is the most common form of yellow used in CMYK color setups.
Characteristics
As the other common yellow inks, Sunflower Light Lime Flat Gold Bright Olive Green Sunflower, are very far from Yellow in hue, it operates in a unique place as far as color mixing goes—and can expand the gamut of most ink palettes.
However, straight yellow on its own is often too light to be read clearly (unless at very large sizes). Whereas most of the other ink above can be be used as legible spot colors.
Application of Yellow
There are 251 active places currently printing with Yellow (74% of all active places).