Lion (color)

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Lion

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DECC9C
sRGB ^B (r, g, b)	(222, 204, 156)
HSV (h, s, v)	(44°, 30%, 87%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(82, 39, 69°)
Source	ISCC-NBS ^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.^[2]

References

↑ "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - La through Lz". November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Lion: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G7

Shades of yellow

Amber	Apricot	Arylide yellow	Aureolin	Beige	Buff	Canary	Champagne	Chartreuse	Chrome yellow

Citron	Citrine	Corn	Cosmic latte	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Gold

Gold (metallic)	Goldenrod	Harvest gold	Icterine	Ivory	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lemon-lime

Light yellow	Lion	Maize	Marigold	Mikado yellow	Mindaro	Mustard	Naples yellow	Navajo white	Old gold

Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Straw	Sunglow	Sunset

Vanilla	Wheat	Yellow

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of orange

Aerospace orange	Alloy orange	Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Brown	Burnt orange	Butterscotch	Carrot orange	Champagne (color)

Chrome Orange	Coral	Dark orange (web)	Desert sand (color)	Engineering orange	Flame	Gold	Golden Gate Bridge	Goldenrod	Light orange

Mahogany	Marigold	Melon	Orange (Crayola)	Orange (Pantone)	Orange peel	Orange (web)	Orange (wheel)	Papaya whip	Peach

Persian orange	Persimmon	Portland orange	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Red lead	Rust	Safety orange	Saffron	Spanish orange

Tangelo	Tangerine	Tawny	Tiger’s Eye	Titian Red	UT orange	Vermilion	Xanthous

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of brown

Auburn	Almond	Beaver	Beige	Bistre	Black bean	Black olive	Bole	Bone	Bronze

Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee

Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown

Dun	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Khaki	Kobicha	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Red-brown	Redwood

Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia

Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Titian Red	Umber	Van Dyke	Walnut brown	Wenge	Wheat

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Lion (color)

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References