Buddha Gold is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #4364e4 |
| Complementary Color | #1a3cbc |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (47.7° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 42.16% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Buddha Gold Color. The Deli Yellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sun Song (#e9ad17) for more energetic effect. Try Hacienda as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#1a3cbc is the best complementary color to Buddha Gold. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bc9b1b complementary color is Persian Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Lucky are #bc4a1a and #8cbc1a. Thus found on the left and right of #bc9b1b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Orange Roughy and Lima colors as they work well with Buddha Gold.
The split-complementary Buddha Gold palette consists of #4a1abc and #1a8cbc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1a3cbc). Try Purple Heart and Eastern Blue colors in combination with #bc9b1b, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #bc9b1b offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Buddha Gold. Thus Seance and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Buddha Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Blue, Malachite, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #bc9b1b square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Buddha Gold tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#1a3cbc) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cardinal – 120° from the complementary Persian Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1abc9a and #bc1a3c.
In a RGB color space, hex #bc9b1b is made of 51% red, 42% green and 7% blue. In a HSL mode Buddha Gold has a hue angle of 47.7°, a saturation of 74.88% and a lightness of 42.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bc9b1b is made of 0% cyan, 12.95% magenta, 63.14% yellow and 26.27% black ink.
| HEX | #bc9b1b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(188,155,27) |
| RGB Percentage | 51%, 42%, 7% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.95, 63.14, 26.27 |
| HSL | hsl(47.7,74.88%,42.16%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(47.7,85.64%,73.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.1314,0.4997,64.1165) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.6582,34.2132,5.9194) |