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#BCB024

#bcb024 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bcb024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 69.02% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.38% magenta, 80.85% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 55.26°, with 67.86% saturation and 43.92% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.57.

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Relative luminance0.4187

Complementary

  1. #bcb024
  2. #2430bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb024
  2. #247cbc
  3. #6424bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6424
  2. #bcb024
  3. #7cbc24

Triadic

  1. #bcb024
  2. #24bcb0
  3. #b024bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb024
  2. #30bc24
  3. #2430bc
  4. #b024bc

Square

  1. #bcb024
  2. #24bc64
  3. #2430bc
  4. #bc247c

Monochromatic

  1. #3c380b
  2. #7c7418
  3. #bcb024
  4. #ddd24f
  5. #eae28f

Shades

#bcb024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb024
  2. #a99e20
  3. #968d1d
  4. #847b19
  5. #716a16
  6. #5e5812
  7. #4b460e
  8. #38350b
  9. #262307
  10. #131204
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb024
  2. #c3b83a
  3. #c9c050
  4. #d0c866
  5. #d7d07c
  6. #ded892
  7. #e4dfa7
  8. #ebe7bd
  9. #f2efd3
  10. #f8f7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb024
  2. #b6ab2d
  3. #b0a636
  4. #aaa240
  5. #a49d49
  6. #9e9852
  7. #98935b
  8. #928e64
  9. #8c8a6e
  10. #868577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ae8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b030 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfac0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1b02c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb024 {
  color: #bcb024;
}
Background
.bg-bcb024 {
  background-color: #bcb024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb024 {
  border: 2px solid #bcb024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 176 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 68% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb024, #7cbc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 176 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.57 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.76 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.28 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.42 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.12 #434fdb Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bcb024  rgb(188, 176, 36)  hsl(55, 68%, 44%)  Old Gold
#2430bc  rgb(36, 48, 188)  hsl(235, 68%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#24bcb0  rgb(36, 188, 176)  hsl(175, 68%, 44%)  Tiffany Blue
#b024bc  rgb(176, 36, 188)  hsl(295, 68%, 44%)  Dark Orchid