Palettes / Colors / #BCD708

#BCD708 — Vivid Yellow

#BCD708 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 #BCD708 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.

#BCD708 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 #2408D9; it also sits naturally between #D98C08 and #54D908. 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 84% · Blue 3%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 16%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCD708

.text { color: #BCD708; }
.background { background-color: #BCD708; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCD708; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 215, 8); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 93%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCD708; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 215, 8, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCD708; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 215, 8, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCD708">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCD708">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCD708

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2408D9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCD708: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCD708

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 #BCD708 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 #BCD708 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

← #BCD707  ·  #BCD709 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCD708?

#BCD708 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 215, 8). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCD708?

#BCD708 is RGB 188, 215, 8 — HSL 68°, 93%, 44% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 96%, 16%.

What colors go with #BCD708?

Its complement is #2408D9; analogous partners are #D98C08 and #54D908. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCD708 for text?

Black text on #BCD708 has a contrast ratio of 12.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.