Palettes / Colors / #BBC200

#BBC200 — Vivid Yellow

#BBC200 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #BBC200 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBC200 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0600C2; it also sits naturally between #C26700 and #5AC200. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 76% · Blue 0%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 24%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BBC200

.text { color: #BBC200; }
.background { background-color: #BBC200; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBC200; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 194, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 100%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBC200; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 194, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBC200; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 194, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBC200">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBC200">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBC200

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Tones of #BBC200

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0600C2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BBC200: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBC200

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BBC200 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBC200 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBC1FF  ·  #BBC201 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBC200?

#BBC200 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 187, 194, 0). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBC200?

#BBC200 is RGB 187, 194, 0 — HSL 62°, 100%, 38% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 100%, 24%.

What colors go with #BBC200?

Its complement is #0600C2; analogous partners are #C26700 and #5AC200. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBC200 for text?

Black text on #BBC200 has a contrast ratio of 10.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.