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#BFEF00 — Vivid Green

#BFEF00 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #BFEF00 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.

#BFEF00 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. 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 #3000F0; it also sits naturally between #F0A800 and #48F000. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEF00 · RGB 191, 239, 0

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Color values

HEX#BFEF00
RGB191, 239, 0
HSL72°, 100%, 47%
HSV72°, 100%, 94%
CMYK20%, 0%, 100%, 6%
XYZ52.35, 72.81, 11.29
Yxy72.81, 0.3837, 0.5336
CIE-Lab88.36, -39.95, 85.95
Hunter Lab85.33, -35.81, 49.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 94% · Blue 0%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEF00 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEF00 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEF00

.text { color: #BFEF00; }
.background { background-color: #BFEF00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEF00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 239, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(72, 100%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEF00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 239, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEF00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 239, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEF00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEF00">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEF00

#AFDB00#9BC200#8BAD00#7A9900#6A8500#566B00#455700#354200#212900#101400

Tints of #BFEF00

#CEFF0A#D3FF24#D8FF3D#DDFF57#E2FF70#E7FF85#ECFF9E#F1FFB8#F6FFD1#FBFFEB

Tones of #BFEF00

#B6DF11#ABCD23#A1BC34#97AB44#8D9B55#828967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3000F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEF00: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEF00

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 #BFEF00: ·

How #BFEF00 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D43ADeuteranopia · #D1CD48Tritanopia · #C16772

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 lime 500 · #84CC16Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFEF00 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette Cff800
#CFF800 · #FEFF92 · #0FEFBD · #7899DC
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Serene Ruby Terrace
#2F0A2E · #27FEE5 · #BDF614 · #4EEAFD
Burning Lagoon
#0D0E29 · #B4F615 · #4FFBC1 · #FD3BC0

Similar colors

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

#B6F500#CFF800#B4E50D#D4F000#BDF614#B4F615#BBDC12#B7FF14#CEE415#BEDB16#B2FB19#A4DD00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEEFF  ·  #BFEF01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEF00?

#BFEF00 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 191, 239, 0). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEF00?

#BFEF00 is RGB 191, 239, 0 — HSL 72°, 100%, 47% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 100%, 6%.

What colors go with #BFEF00?

Its complement is #3000F0; analogous partners are #F0A800 and #48F000. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEF00 for text?

Black text on #BFEF00 has a contrast ratio of 15.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.