Mustard (color)

For other things called "mustard", see Mustard (disambiguation).

Mustard
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFDB58
sRGB B (r, g, b)	(255, 219, 88)
HSV (h, s, v)	(47°, 65%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(88, 85, 69°)
Source	Maerz and Paul [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Mustard is a dull/dark yellow color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax.

The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886. ^[2]

In culture

A plaster wall painted a dark shade of mustard called "baby mustard"

A jar of mustard

• The board game Cluedo has a mustard-colored pawn representing the character Colonel Mustard.
• A mustard-colored belt is awarded to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, New York.
• In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a mustard-colored bandana means that one is a size queen. ^{[3] [4] [5]} However, the color called "mustard" in the bandana code is lighter than the mustard color shown above.

See also

• List of colors

References

1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called mustard, a yellow colour first seen in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill;the color mustard is displayed on page 45, Plate 11, Color Sample J4.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mustard: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample J4
3. Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN   978-1-61098-046-3
4. Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine access date 2012-03-30
5. Hankycode on leathernjonline.com access date 2010-03-30