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#BCB91C

#bcb91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bcb91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.6% magenta, 85.11% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 58.88°, with 74.07% saturation and 42.35% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.49.

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Relative luminance0.4547

Complementary

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #1c1fbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #1c6fbc
  3. #691cbc

Analogous

  1. #bc691c
  2. #bcb91c
  3. #6fbc1c

Triadic

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #1cbcb9
  3. #b91cbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #1fbc1c
  3. #1c1fbc
  4. #b91cbc

Square

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #1cbc69
  3. #1c1fbc
  4. #bc1c6f

Monochromatic

  1. #373608
  2. #797712
  3. #bcb91c
  4. #e3e042
  5. #edeb84

Shades

#bcb91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #a9a719
  3. #969416
  4. #848214
  5. #716f11
  6. #5e5d0e
  7. #4b4a0b
  8. #383808
  9. #262506
  10. #131303
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #c3c033
  3. #c9c749
  4. #d0ce60
  5. #d7d577
  6. #dedc8e
  7. #e4e3a4
  8. #ebeabb
  9. #f2f1d2
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb91c
  2. #b6b326
  3. #b0ae30
  4. #aaa83a
  5. #a4a244
  6. #9e9d4e
  7. #989758
  8. #929162
  9. #8c8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caac9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b727 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5b17e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb91c {
  color: #bcb91c;
}
Background
.bg-bcb91c {
  background-color: #bcb91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb91c {
  border: 2px solid #bcb91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 74% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb91c, #6fbc1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.49 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.37 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.46 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.13 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.68 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.83 #4346e3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bcb91c  rgb(188, 185, 28)  hsl(59, 74%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1c1fbc  rgb(28, 31, 188)  hsl(239, 74%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#1cbcb9  rgb(28, 188, 185)  hsl(179, 74%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b91cbc  rgb(185, 28, 188)  hsl(299, 74%, 42%)  Dark Orchid