Palettes / Colors / #BCBF06

#BCBF06 — Vivid Yellow

#BCBF06 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 #BCBF06 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.

#BCBF06 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 #0906C1; it also sits naturally between #C16706 and #60C106. 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 2%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 97% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCBF06

.text { color: #BCBF06; }
.background { background-color: #BCBF06; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCBF06; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 191, 6); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 94%, 39%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCBF06; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 191, 6, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCBF06; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 191, 6, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCBF06">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCBF06">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCBF06

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Tones of #BCBF06

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0906C1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCBF06: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCBF06

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 #BCBF06 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 #BCBF06 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

← #BCBF05  ·  #BCBF07 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCBF06?

#BCBF06 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 191, 6). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCBF06?

#BCBF06 is RGB 188, 191, 6 — HSL 61°, 94%, 39% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 97%, 25%.

What colors go with #BCBF06?

Its complement is #0906C1; analogous partners are #C16706 and #60C106. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCBF06 for text?

Black text on #BCBF06 has a contrast ratio of 10.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.98:1.