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#BFCD03 — Vivid Yellow

#BFCD03 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 #BFCD03 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.

#BFCD03 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 #1103CE; it also sits naturally between #CE7603 and #5BCE03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCD03 · RGB 191, 205, 3

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Color values

HEX#BFCD03
RGB191, 205, 3
HSL64°, 97%, 41%
HSV64°, 99%, 80%
CMYK7%, 0%, 99%, 20%
XYZ43.33, 54.75, 8.37
Yxy54.75, 0.4071, 0.5143
CIE-Lab78.89, -24.20, 78.57
Hunter Lab73.99, -21.32, 42.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 1%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFCD03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFCD03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFCD03

.text { color: #BFCD03; }
.background { background-color: #BFCD03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCD03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 205, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 97%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCD03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 205, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCD03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 205, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFCD03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFCD03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFCD03

#AEBA03#A0AB03#8D9702#7A8302#6C7402#595F01#464B01#343701#262801#131400

Tints of #BFCD03

#DDEC04#EBFB0E#EEFC2C#F0FC45#F2FD63#F4FD7C#F7FD9B#F9FEB4#FBFED2#FDFFEB

Tones of #BFCD03

#B4BF12#A7B120#9AA22F#8F943D#82864B#75775A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1103CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCD03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCD03

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 #BFCD03: ·

How #BFCD03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C534Deuteranopia · #C4C340Tritanopia · #C05A63

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFCD03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Tender Orchard
#A81D4A · #DF462A · #C78311 · #B7CA1A
Modern Ruby Marble
#C3C61D · #23DCDF · #CA1DC6 · #F3F1CE
Scarlet Marble
#D4D713 · #B2E963 · #6EE750 · #10C133

Similar colors

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

#BBDC12#B3CB17#BEDB16#B7CA1A#C3C61D#D4D713#CBC019#B4E50D#C3C71F#C5D21F#A6CB12#A4CE0F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCD02  ·  #BFCD04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCD03?

#BFCD03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 205, 3). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCD03?

#BFCD03 is RGB 191, 205, 3 — HSL 64°, 97%, 41% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 99%, 20%.

What colors go with #BFCD03?

Its complement is #1103CE; analogous partners are #CE7603 and #5BCE03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCD03 for text?

Black text on #BFCD03 has a contrast ratio of 11.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.