Palettes / Colors / #BC8401

#BC8401 — Vivid Yellow

#BC8401 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGoldenRod (#B8860B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgoldenrod (#B8860B) — not an exact match. CSS darkgoldenrod gives you #B8860B, a different color; use #BC8401 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.

#BC8401 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 #0139BC; it also sits naturally between #BC2601 and #96BC01. 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 74% · Green 52% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 99% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BC8401

.text { color: #BC8401; }
.background { background-color: #BC8401; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC8401; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 132, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 99%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC8401; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 132, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC8401; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 132, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC8401">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC8401">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0139BC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BC8401: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC8401

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 #BC8401 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 #BC8401 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

← #BC8400  ·  #BC8402 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC8401?

#BC8401 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 132, 1). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC8401?

#BC8401 is RGB 188, 132, 1 — HSL 42°, 99%, 37% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 99%, 26%.

What colors go with #BC8401?

Its complement is #0139BC; analogous partners are #BC2601 and #96BC01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC8401 for text?

Black text on #BC8401 has a contrast ratio of 6.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.26:1.