Palettes / Colors / #BCBE38

#BCBE38 — Muted Yellow

#BCBE38 is a yellow color we call Muted 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 #BCBE38 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.

#BCBE38 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3B38BC; it also sits naturally between #BC7D38 and #78BC38. 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 22%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 71% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCBE38

.text { color: #BCBE38; }
.background { background-color: #BCBE38; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCBE38; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 190, 56); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 54%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCBE38; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 190, 56, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCBE38; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 190, 56, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCBE38">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCBE38">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #3B38BC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCBE38: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCBE38

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 #BCBE38 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 #BCBE38 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

← #BCBE37  ·  #BCBE39 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCBE38?

#BCBE38 is Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 190, 56). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCBE38?

#BCBE38 is RGB 188, 190, 56 — HSL 61°, 54%, 48% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 71%, 25%.

What colors go with #BCBE38?

Its complement is #3B38BC; analogous partners are #BC7D38 and #78BC38. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCBE38 for text?

Black text on #BCBE38 has a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.