Bud, your attempts are fine. In my mind's eye, I was envisioning something like the last image where you incorporated YTC with the play button. If reading this, submit the same in both html [red.] colors expressed in the OP.
Thanks for your opinion

. Here are the 2 versions:
left #df2926 and
right #bf1d1aThanks, bud. Just noticed that the "C" is reverse, of which there's nothing that could be done about that, assuming.