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#BFD025 — Yellow

#BFD025 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 #BFD025 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.

#BFD025 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 #3625D0; it also sits naturally between #D08C25 and #69D025. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFD025 · RGB 191, 208, 37

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Color values

HEX#BFD025
RGB191, 208, 37
HSL66°, 70%, 48%
HSV66°, 82%, 82%
CMYK8%, 0%, 82%, 18%
XYZ44.38, 56.32, 10.28
Yxy56.32, 0.3999, 0.5075
CIE-Lab79.80, -25.03, 74.09
Hunter Lab75.05, -22.12, 41.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 82% · Blue 15%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 82% · Key 18%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFD025 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFD025 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFD025

.text { color: #BFD025; }
.background { background-color: #BFD025; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFD025; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 208, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 70%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFD025; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 208, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFD025; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 208, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFD025">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFD025">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFD025

#AFBF22#9BA91E#8B981B#778217#677114#585F11#444A0D#34380A#202306#101103

Tints of #BFD025

#CADB33#D0DF49#D4E25A#DAE670#E0EA86#E5ED9B#EBF1B1#EFF4C2#F5F8D8#FBFCEE

Tones of #BFD025

#B5C431#ABB83D#A2AB49#989F56#8E9362#84876E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3625D0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.71:1 Fails
Against black text12.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFD025: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFD025

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 #BFD025: ·

How #BFD025 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C74EDeuteranopia · #C5C458Tritanopia · #C06F76

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 #BFD025 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Crystal Saffron
#CF3E38 · #D99B4B · #C3D02B · #88D256
Honey Saffron
#E4373A · #C87B26 · #BEC927 · #60B827
Tranquil Petal
#CF2BA5 · #DA606F · #8D5822 · #BED32C
Golden Ruby Dusk
#1B7685 · #D639C1 · #B9D02B · #CAEBEE
Amber Petal
#22147F · #5E44E2 · #B8CF20 · #E7F4CC

Similar colors

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

#BFCF26#C3D02B#BEC927#BED32C#B9D02B#B8CF20#C5D21F#BBCB2E#C9D020#CACF27#C3C71F#C6DA20

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFD024  ·  #BFD026 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFD025?

#BFD025 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 208, 37). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFD025?

#BFD025 is RGB 191, 208, 37 — HSL 66°, 70%, 48% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 82%, 18%.

What colors go with #BFD025?

Its complement is #3625D0; analogous partners are #D08C25 and #69D025. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFD025 for text?

Black text on #BFD025 has a contrast ratio of 12.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.