What is hex #FFD70A 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 100% red, 84% green and 4% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (255,215,10).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 16%, 96%, 0%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FFD70A features a hue of 50°, 96% saturation, and a brightness value of 100%.

Hex #FFD70A Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (255,215,10)
CMYK Values (0%, 16%, 96%, 0%)
HSV/HSB Values (50°, 96%, 100%)
Closest Web Safe
#FFCC00
Inverse Color
#0028F5
Closest Pantone®
Yellow 012 C
Closest RAL
RAL 2007 [Luminous bright orange]
Complementary Color
#0A32FF

#FFD70A Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A0A0A0
Lightness (Desaturation)
#848484
Weighted (BT601)
#CCCCCC
Luma (BT709)
#D1D1D1

Hex #FFD70A Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FFD70A is #0A32FF. 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 #FFD70A you will find #0A32FF. 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.

#FFD70A #0A32FF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FFD70A is composed with colors #FF5C0A and #ACFF0A. 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 #FFD70A 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.

#FF5C0A #FFD70A #ACFF0A

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FFD70A is composed with colors #5C0AFF and #0AACFF. 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.

#FFD70A #5C0AFF #0AACFF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FFD70A is composed with colors #D70AFF and #0AFFD7. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FFD70A 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.

#FFD70A #D70AFF #0AFFD7

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FFD70A is composed with colors #0AFFD7, #0A32FF and #FF0A32 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.

#FFD70A #0AFFD7 #0A32FF #FF0A32

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FFD70A is composed with colors #0AFF5C, #0A32FF and #FF0AAC 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.

#FFD70A #0AFF5C #0A32FF #FF0AAC

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FFD70A

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FFD70A.

#FFD70A #FFDA1E #FFDD32 #FFE047 #FFE45B #FFE770 #FFEA84 #FFEE98

Tones

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

#FFD70A #F2CE16 #E6C622 #DABE2E #CEB63A #C2AE46 #B6A652 #AA9E5E

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#FFD70A #F4CC00 #E0BB00 #CBAA00 #B79900 #A38800 #8E7700 #7A6600

Hex #FFD70A 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 #FFD70A
Java new Color(255,215,10);
Python Color(#FFD70A)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 255,215,10);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 1, green: 0.84, blue: 0.04, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(255, 215, 10)