Information about #171203 color

#171203 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#171203 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 18, 3) — 9% red, 7.1% green, 1.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 8 / 91. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #171203 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and keeps to the darkest edge of the palette. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Acadia (#1B1404). Slightly further away sit Adomo (#121002) and Crowshead (#1C1208).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 18, 3) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #171203: 18.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:91) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#171203 color variations

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#171203 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 #171203

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

Acadia color link
Acadia

#1B1404

Adomo color link
Adomo

#121002

Crowshead color link
Crowshead

#1C1208

Asphalt color link
Asphalt

#130A06

Smoky Black color link
Smoky Black

#100C08

Fingertips color link
Fingertips

#130E0C

Marshland color link
Marshland

#0B0F08

Licorice color link
Licorice

#1A1110

#171203 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#171203
  • RGB23, 18, 3
  • CMYK0, 2, 8, 91
  • HSL45°, 77%, 5%
  • HSL Precise45°, 76.923%, 5.098%
  • HSV45°, 87%, 9%
  • HSB45°, 87%, 9%
  • HEX ID171203
  • DECIMAL ID1511939
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB7.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB1.2%
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