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#BCB20D

#bcb20d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bcb20d is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 69.8% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.32% magenta, 93.09% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 56.57°, with 87.06% saturation and 39.41% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.28.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4256

Complementary

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #0d17bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #0d6ebc
  3. #5a0dbc

Analogous

  1. #bc5a0d
  2. #bcb20d
  3. #6ebc0d

Triadic

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #0dbcb2
  3. #b20dbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #17bc0d
  3. #0d17bc
  4. #b20dbc

Square

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #0dbc5a
  3. #0d17bc
  4. #bc0d6e

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2a03
  2. #746e08
  3. #bcb20d
  4. #f0e426
  5. #f5ed6d

Shades

#bcb20d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #a9a00c
  3. #968e0a
  4. #847d09
  5. #716b08
  6. #5e5907
  7. #4b4705
  8. #383504
  9. #262403
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb20d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #c3ba25
  3. #c9c13d
  4. #d0c956
  5. #d7d16e
  6. #ded986
  7. #e4e09e
  8. #ebe8b6
  9. #f2f0cf
  10. #f8f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb20d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb20d
  2. #b6ad19
  3. #b0a824
  4. #aaa330
  5. #a49e3b
  6. #9e9947
  7. #989452
  8. #928f5e
  9. #8c8a69
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b08b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b123 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba597 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b11c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5aa78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb20d {
  color: #bcb20d;
}
Background
.bg-bcb20d {
  background-color: #bcb20d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb20d {
  border: 2px solid #bcb20d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb20d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 178 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 87% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb20d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb20d, #6ebc0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb20d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 178 13 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.28 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.04 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.71 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.67 #434df2 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bcb20d  rgb(188, 178, 13)  hsl(57, 87%, 39%)  Old Gold
#0d17bc  rgb(13, 23, 188)  hsl(237, 87%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#0dbcb2  rgb(13, 188, 178)  hsl(177, 87%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#b20dbc  rgb(178, 13, 188)  hsl(297, 87%, 39%)  Dark Orchid