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#BCB520

#bcb520 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bcb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.72% magenta, 82.98% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 57.31°, with 70.91% saturation and 43.14% 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 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.53.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4384

Complementary

  1. #bcb520
  2. #2027bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb520
  2. #2075bc
  3. #6720bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6720
  2. #bcb520
  3. #75bc20

Triadic

  1. #bcb520
  2. #20bcb5
  3. #b520bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb520
  2. #27bc20
  3. #2027bc
  4. #b520bc

Square

  1. #bcb520
  2. #20bc67
  3. #2027bc
  4. #bc2075

Monochromatic

  1. #39370a
  2. #7b7615
  3. #bcb520
  4. #e0d949
  5. #ebe78a

Shades

#bcb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb520
  2. #a9a31d
  3. #96911a
  4. #847f16
  5. #716d13
  6. #5e5b10
  7. #4b480d
  8. #38360a
  9. #262406
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb520
  2. #c3bc36
  3. #c9c44d
  4. #d0cb63
  5. #d7d379
  6. #deda90
  7. #e4e1a6
  8. #ebe9bc
  9. #f2f0d2
  10. #f8f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb520
  2. #b6b02a
  3. #b0aa33
  4. #aaa53d
  5. #a4a046
  6. #9e9b50
  7. #98955a
  8. #929063
  9. #8c8b6d
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b28e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b101 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b429 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5ad7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb520 {
  color: #bcb520;
}
Background
.bg-bcb520 {
  background-color: #bcb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb520 {
  border: 2px solid #bcb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 71% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb520, #75bc20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.59 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.59 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.64 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.37 #434adf Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bcb520  rgb(188, 181, 32)  hsl(57, 71%, 43%)  Old Gold
#2027bc  rgb(32, 39, 188)  hsl(237, 71%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#20bcb5  rgb(32, 188, 181)  hsl(177, 71%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b520bc  rgb(181, 32, 188)  hsl(297, 71%, 43%)  Dark Orchid