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#BCB41A

#bcb41a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bcb41a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 70.59% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.26% magenta, 86.17% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 57.04°, with 75.7% saturation and 41.96% 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 9.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.43.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4341

Complementary

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #1a22bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #1a73bc
  3. #631abc

Analogous

  1. #bc631a
  2. #bcb41a
  3. #73bc1a

Triadic

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #1abcb4
  3. #b41abc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #22bc1a
  3. #1a22bc
  4. #b41abc

Square

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #1abc63
  3. #1a22bc
  4. #bc1a73

Monochromatic

  1. #363307
  2. #797411
  3. #bcb41a
  4. #e4dc3e
  5. #eee881

Shades

#bcb41a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #a9a217
  3. #969015
  4. #847e12
  5. #716c10
  6. #5e5a0d
  7. #4b480a
  8. #383608
  9. #262405
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb41a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #c3bc31
  3. #c9c348
  4. #d0cb5f
  5. #d7d276
  6. #deda8d
  7. #e4e1a3
  8. #ebe9ba
  9. #f2f0d1
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb41a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb41a
  2. #b6af24
  3. #b0aa2e
  4. #aaa439
  5. #a49f43
  6. #9e9a4d
  7. #989557
  8. #929061
  9. #8c8a6c
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b28d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba79a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b325 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5ac7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb41a {
  color: #bcb41a;
}
Background
.bg-bcb41a {
  background-color: #bcb41a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb41a {
  border: 2px solid #bcb41a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb41a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 180 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 76% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb41a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb41a, #73bc1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb41a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 180 26 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.43 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.40 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.58 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.95 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.67 #434be5 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bcb41a  rgb(188, 180, 26)  hsl(57, 76%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1a22bc  rgb(26, 34, 188)  hsl(237, 76%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#1abcb4  rgb(26, 188, 180)  hsl(177, 76%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b41abc  rgb(180, 26, 188)  hsl(297, 76%, 42%)  Dark Orchid