Palettes / Colors / #BCD009

#BCD009 — Vivid Yellow

#BCD009 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 #BCD009 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.

#BCD009 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 #1D09D3; it also sits naturally between #D38209 and #59D309. 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 82% · Blue 4%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 18%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCD009

.text { color: #BCD009; }
.background { background-color: #BCD009; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCD009; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 208, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 92%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCD009; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 208, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCD009; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 208, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCD009">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCD009">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCD009

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1D09D3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCD009: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCD009

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 #BCD009 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 #BCD009 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

← #BCD008  ·  #BCD00A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCD009?

#BCD009 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 208, 9). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCD009?

#BCD009 is RGB 188, 208, 9 — HSL 66°, 92%, 43% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 96%, 18%.

What colors go with #BCD009?

Its complement is #1D09D3; analogous partners are #D38209 and #59D309. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCD009 for text?

Black text on #BCD009 has a contrast ratio of 12.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.