Palettes / Colors / #BCBE00

#BCBE00 — Vivid Yellow

#BCBE00 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 #BCBE00 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.

#BCBE00 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 #0300BD; it also sits naturally between #BD6100 and #5BBD00. 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 75% · Blue 0%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCBE00

.text { color: #BCBE00; }
.background { background-color: #BCBE00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCBE00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 190, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 100%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCBE00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 190, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCBE00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 190, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCBE00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCBE00">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCBE00

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Tones of #BCBE00

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0300BD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCBE00: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCBE00

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 #BCBE00 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 #BCBE00 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

← #BCBDFF  ·  #BCBE01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCBE00?

#BCBE00 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 190, 0). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCBE00?

#BCBE00 is RGB 188, 190, 0 — HSL 61°, 100%, 37% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 100%, 25%.

What colors go with #BCBE00?

Its complement is #0300BD; analogous partners are #BD6100 and #5BBD00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCBE00 for text?

Black text on #BCBE00 has a contrast ratio of 10.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.