Information about #948C3F color

#948C3F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#948C3F falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(148, 140, 63) — 58% red, 54.9% green, 24.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 3 / 33 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated golden yellow, #948C3F carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Highball (#928C3C). Slightly further away sit Sycamore (#908D39) and Jewelled Yellow (#9A883E).

In RGB terms — rgb(148, 140, 63) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #948C3F: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#948C3F color variations

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#948C3F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #948C3F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Highball color link
Highball

#928C3C

Sycamore color link
Sycamore

#908D39

Golden Lime color link
Golden Lime

#9A9739

Wanderlust color link
Wanderlust

#88843C

Willow Tea color link
Willow Tea

#9C8A4D

Ventura color link
Ventura

#907C38

Moss color link
Moss

#8B7D3A

Finch Brown color link
Finch Brown

#957B38

Awol color link
Awol

#888C4D

Wasabi color link
Wasabi

#849137

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#948C3F
  • RGB148, 140, 63
  • CMYK0, 3, 33, 42
  • CSSrgb(148, 140, 63)
  • HSL54°, 40%, 41%
  • HSL Precise54.353°, 40.284%, 41.373%
  • HSV54°, 57%, 58%
  • HSB54°, 57%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.580
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.247
  • GLSLvec3(0.580, 0.549, 0.247)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.580, 0.549, 0.247, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.580, 0.549, 0.247)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB58%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB24.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID948C3F
  • DECIMAL ID9735231
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01