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#BFCC29 — Yellow

#BFCC29 is a yellow color we call 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 #BFCC29 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.

#BFCC29 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 #3628CC; it also sits naturally between #CC8828 and #6DCC28. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCC29 · RGB 191, 204, 41

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Color values

HEX#BFCC29
RGB191, 204, 41
HSL65°, 67%, 48%
HSV65°, 80%, 80%
CMYK6%, 0%, 80%, 20%
XYZ43.48, 54.42, 10.31
Yxy54.42, 0.4018, 0.5029
CIE-Lab78.71, -22.96, 72.13
Hunter Lab73.77, -20.27, 40.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 16%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 80% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFCC29 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFCC29 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFCC29

.text { color: #BFCC29; }
.background { background-color: #BFCC29; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCC29; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 204, 41); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 67%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCC29; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 204, 41, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCC29; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 204, 41, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFCC29">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFCC29">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFCC29

#AFBB25#9BA621#8B951D#778019#676F16#575E13#44480E#34370B#202207#101103

Tints of #BFCC29

#CAD737#D0DC4C#D4DF5D#DAE372#DFE788#E5EC9D#EBF0B2#EFF3C3#F5F7D9#FAFCEE

Tones of #BFCC29

#B5C035#ABB540#A1A94C#989E57#8E9263#85876E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3628CC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCC29: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCC29

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BFCC29: ·

How #BFCC29 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C5C550Deuteranopia · #C4C35ATritanopia · #C07076

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:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFCC29 rather than the exact color:

Honey Saffron
#E4373A · #C87B26 · #BEC927 · #60B827
Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Crystal Saffron
#CF3E38 · #D99B4B · #C3D02B · #88D256
Palette 6ca651
#6CA651 · #BBCB2E · #839705 · #6B7445
Golden Ruby Dusk
#1B7685 · #D639C1 · #B9D02B · #CAEBEE
Tranquil Petal
#CF2BA5 · #DA606F · #8D5822 · #BED32C

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BEC927#BFCF26#C3D02B#BBCB2E#B9D02B#BED32C#C2C52E#CACF27#B8CF20#C3C71F#C1C230#BCCD35

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCC28  ·  #BFCC2A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCC29?

#BFCC29 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 204, 41). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCC29?

#BFCC29 is RGB 191, 204, 41 — HSL 65°, 67%, 48% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 80%, 20%.

What colors go with #BFCC29?

Its complement is #3628CC; analogous partners are #CC8828 and #6DCC28. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCC29 for text?

Black text on #BFCC29 has a contrast ratio of 11.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.