What is hex #946010 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 58% red, 38% green and 6% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (148,96,16).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 35%, 89%, 42%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #946010 features a hue of 36°, 89% saturation, and a brightness value of 58%.

Hex #946010 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (148,96,16)
CMYK Values (0%, 35%, 89%, 42%)
HSV/HSB Values (36°, 89%, 58%)
Closest Web Safe
#996600
Inverse Color
#6B9FEF
Closest Pantone®
1395 C
Closest RAL
RAL 8001 [Ochre brown]
Complementary Color
#104494

#946010 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#565656
Lightness (Desaturation)
#525252
Weighted (BT601)
#666666
Luma (BT709)
#656565

Hex #946010 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #946010 is #104494. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #946010 you will find #104494. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #946010 is composed with colors #941E10 and #869410. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #946010 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #946010 is composed with colors #1E1094 and #108694. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #946010 is composed with colors #601094 and #109460. They are located to the right and left of your main color #946010 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #946010 is composed with colors #109460, #104494 and #941044 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #946010 is composed with colors #10941E, #104494 and #941086 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #946010

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #946010.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #946010 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #946010
Java new Color(148,96,16);
Python Color(#946010)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 148,96,16);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.58, green: 0.38, blue: 0.06, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(148, 96, 16)