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#BBCF03 — Vivid Yellow

#BBCF03 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #BBCF03 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.

#BBCF03 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 #1703CE; it also sits naturally between #CE7D03 and #54CE03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBCF03 · RGB 187, 207, 3

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Color values

HEX#BBCF03
RGB187, 207, 3
HSL66°, 97%, 41%
HSV66°, 99%, 81%
CMYK10%, 0%, 99%, 19%
XYZ42.82, 55.20, 8.48
Yxy55.20, 0.4021, 0.5183
CIE-Lab79.15, -26.84, 78.64
Hunter Lab74.29, -23.53, 42.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 81% · Blue 1%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBCF03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBCF03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBCF03

.text { color: #BBCF03; }
.background { background-color: #BBCF03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBCF03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 207, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 97%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBCF03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 207, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBCF03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 207, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBCF03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBCF03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBCF03

#A8BA03#9AAB03#889702#768302#687402#565F01#444B01#323701#242801#121400

Tints of #BBCF03

#D5EC04#E4FB0E#E7FC2C#EAFC45#EDFD63#F0FD7C#F4FD9B#F6FEB4#FAFED2#FDFFEB

Tones of #BBCF03

#AEBF12#A2B120#97A22F#8C943D#80864B#74775A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1703CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.74:1 Fails
Against black text12.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBCF03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBCF03

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BBCF03: ·

How #BBCF03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C434Deuteranopia · #C3C140Tritanopia · #BC5B64

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBCF03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Tender Orchard
#A81D4A · #DF462A · #C78311 · #B7CA1A
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F

Similar colors

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

#BBDC12#B3CB17#BEDB16#B7CA1A#B4E50D#A4CE0F#A6CB12#A4DD00#ADC419#C3C61D#B8CF20#C5D21F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBCF02  ·  #BBCF04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBCF03?

#BBCF03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 187, 207, 3). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBCF03?

#BBCF03 is RGB 187, 207, 3 — HSL 66°, 97%, 41% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 99%, 19%.

What colors go with #BBCF03?

Its complement is #1703CE; analogous partners are #CE7D03 and #54CE03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBCF03 for text?

Black text on #BBCF03 has a contrast ratio of 12.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.74:1.