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#BCB74C

#bcb74c ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bcb74c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 71.76% green and 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.66% magenta, 59.57% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 57.32°, with 45.53% saturation and 51.76% 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.4508

Complementary

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #4c51bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #4c89bc
  3. #7f4cbc

Analogous

  1. #bc7f4c
  2. #bcb74c
  3. #89bc4c

Triadic

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #4cbcb7
  3. #b74cbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #51bc4c
  3. #4c51bc
  4. #b74cbc

Square

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #4cbc7f
  3. #4c51bc
  4. #bc4c89

Monochromatic

  1. #514e1e
  2. #888533
  3. #bcb74c
  4. #d1cd84
  5. #e6e4bb

Shades

#bcb74c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #a9a544
  3. #96923d
  4. #848035
  5. #716e2e
  6. #5e5c26
  7. #4b491e
  8. #383717
  9. #26250f
  10. #131208
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb74c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #c3be5e
  3. #c9c570
  4. #d0cd82
  5. #d7d494
  6. #dedba6
  7. #e4e2b7
  8. #ebe9c9
  9. #f2f1db
  10. #f8f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb74c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb74c
  2. #b6b251
  3. #b0ac56
  4. #aaa75c
  5. #a4a161
  6. #9e9c66
  7. #98966b
  8. #929170
  9. #8c8b76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5b140 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b552 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9aca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b345 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b650 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4b086 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb74c {
  color: #bcb74c;
}
Background
.bg-bcb74c {
  background-color: #bcb74c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb74c {
  border: 2px solid #bcb74c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb74c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 183 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 46% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb74c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb74c, #89bc4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb74c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 183 76 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.23 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.15 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.14 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.41 #4348b3 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bcb74c  rgb(188, 183, 76)  hsl(57, 46%, 52%)  Vegas Gold
#4c51bc  rgb(76, 81, 188)  hsl(237, 46%, 52%)  Iris
#4cbcb7  rgb(76, 188, 183)  hsl(177, 46%, 52%)  Verdigris
#b74cbc  rgb(183, 76, 188)  hsl(297, 46%, 52%)  Medium Orchid