Shades of yellow

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Yellow
 
Color icon yellow.svg
Wavelength 570–580 nm
Common connotations
happiness, sunlight, cowardice, summer, Easter
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFFF00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(97, 107, 86°)
Source HTML/CSS [1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Varieties of the color yellow may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a yellow or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.

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Web colors

Yellow (RGB) (X11 yellow) (color wheel yellow)

Yellow (RGB) (X11 yellow)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFFF00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(97, 107, 86°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Red, green and blue lights, representing the three basic additive primary colors of the RGB color system, red, green, and blue. Pure yellow light is composed of equal amount of red and green light. RGB illumination.jpg
Red, green and blue lights, representing the three basic additive primary colors of the RGB color system, red, green, and blue. Pure yellow light is composed of equal amount of red and green light.

The color box at right shows the most intense yellow representable in 8-bit RGB color model; yellow is a secondary color in an additive RGB space.

This color is also called color wheel yellow. It is at precisely 60 degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. Its complementary color is blue.


The RGB color wheel with yellow at 60 degrees. Linear RGB color wheel.png
The RGB color wheel with yellow at 60 degrees.

Yellow (CMYK) (process yellow) (canary yellow)

Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three subtractive primary colors used in printing. SubtractiveColor.svg
Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three subtractive primary colors used in printing.

Process yellow (also called pigment yellow or printer's yellow), also known as canary yellow, is one of the three colors typically used as subtractive primary colors, along with magenta and cyan. Canary yellow is derived from the colour of an average canary bird, though canaries can vary in colour from dark yellow to light pink.

Process yellow is not an RGB color, and in the CMYK color model there is no fixed conversion from CMYK primaries to RGB. Different formulations are used for printer's ink, so there can be variations in the printed color that is pure yellow ink.

The first recorded use of canary yellow as a color name in English was in 1789. [2]

Yellow (NCS) (psychological primary yellow)

Yellow (NCS)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFD300
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 211, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(50°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 98, 67°)
SourcesRGB approximation to NCS 0580-Y [3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Approximations within the sRGB gamut to the primary colors of the Natural Color System, a model based on the opponent process theory of color vision. Opponent colors.svg
Approximations within the sRGB gamut to the primary colors of the Natural Color System, a model based on the opponent process theory of color vision.

The color defined as yellow in the NCS or Natural Color System is shown at right (NCS 0580-Y). The Natural Color System is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision.

The “Natural Color System” is widely used in Scandinavia.

Yellow (Munsell)

Yellow (Munsell)
 
Twenty hues of the Munsell color system at maximum chroma.png
The hues of the Munsell color system, at varying values, and maximum chroma to stay in the sRGB gamut
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFDB00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 219, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(52°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 99, 71°)
Source https://pteromys.melonisland.net/munsell/
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (colorfulness), spaced uniformly (in terms of human perception) in three dimensions in the Munsell color solid. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five, non-arbitrary, equally spaced primary colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

The color of the sample is the most chromatic (colorful) yellow in the sRGB gamut that falls in the hue of 5Y (primary yellow) in the Munsell color space.

Yellow (Pantone)

Yellow (Pantone)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FEDF00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(254, 223, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(53°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(89, 99, 73°)
Source Pantone TPX [4] [5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color that is called yellow in Pantone is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #C, EC, M, PC, U, or CP—Yellow. [6]

Tints of yellow


Light yellow

Light yellow
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFFFE0
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 255, 224)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 12%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(99, 23, 86°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color light yellow.

Cream

Cream
 
Strawberry ice cream dessert.jpg
Strawberries with cream
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFFFCC
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 255, 204)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 20%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(99, 37, 86°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color cream, a pale tint of yellow.

Lemon chiffon

Lemon chiffon
 
Lemon Chiffon Cake.jpg
A lemon chiffon cake
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFFACD
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 250, 205)
HSV (h, s, v)(54°, 20%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(98, 34, 81°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color lemon chiffon.

Lemon chiffon is a color that is reminiscent of the color of lemon chiffon cake.

Additional definitions of yellow

Lemon

Lemon (Crayola)
 
Lemon.jpg
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FDFF00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(253, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(97, 107, 87°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lemon is a color somewhat resembling yellow and named after the fruit. The color lemon is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a lemon.[ citation needed ]

The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English was in 1598. [7]

Mellow yellow

Mellow yellow
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F8DE7E
sRGB B (r, g, b)(248, 222, 126)
HSV (h, s, v)(47°, 49%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(89, 68, 71°)
Source Plochere [8]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color mellow yellow is displayed at right.

Mellow yellow was first used as a color name in English in 1948 when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Plochere color list.

The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. [9]

Donovan's album Mellow Yellow , named after the song "Mellow Yellow", was popular during the Summer of Love in 1967.

Royal yellow

Royal yellow
 
Xuanzong of Ming.jpg
The Xuande Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty—reigned 1425 to 1435
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FADA5E
sRGB B (r, g, b)(250, 218, 94)
HSV (h, s, v)(48°, 62%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 81, 70°)
Source ISCC-NBS [10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color royal yellow.

The color royal yellow is a representation of the color of the robes worn by the Emperor of China.

The first recorded use of royal yellow as a color name in English was in 1548. Other names for this color are Chinese yellow and imperial yellow. [11]

Gold (golden)

Gold (Golden)
 
Gold-cat01b.jpg
A gold nugget
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFD700
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 215, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(51°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(87, 99, 69°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Gold, also called golden, is a yellow-orange color which is a representation of the color of the element gold.

The web color gold (also referred to as orange-yellow) is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold . The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold".

The first recorded uses of golden as a color name in English were in 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blonde hair. [12]

Tartrazine

Tartrazine
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F7D917
sRGB B (r, g, b)(247, 217, 23)
HSV (h, s, v)(52°, 91%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(87, 96, 73°)
SourceiColorpalette [13]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vibrant yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color tartrazine is a vibrant, warm-toned shade of warm yellow.

Cyber yellow

Cyber yellow
 
CyberSticker.jpg
Cyber yellow used for stickers
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFD300
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 211, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(50°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 98, 67°)
Source Pantone TPX [4] [14]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color cyber yellow is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color 14-0760 TPX—Cyber Yellow. [15]

Safety yellow

Safety yellow
 
2011 IC CE Bus, North Syracuse School, Central New York.jpg
A yellow school bus
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #EED202
sRGB B (r, g, b)(238, 210, 2)
HSV (h, s, v)(53°, 99%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(84, 94, 74°)
Source ANSI Z535
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Safety yellow is one of the standard high-visibility safety colors defined by ANSI standard Z535, which specifies standards for safety and accident prevention information. It is often used on hazard symbols, warning signs, guard rails, dangerous equipment, older American civil defense sirens (typically from the 1950s and 1960s), and some high-visibility clothing and personal protective equipment. The definition is mirrored in British Standard BS 381C and Australian Standard AS2700 (where it is known as golden yellow). In 1937, it was determined that safety yellow was the best color to be noticed by the human brain; as a result, the paint color of all United States school buses was changed from orange to safety yellow (see also school bus yellow).


Greenish Yellow

Greenish yellow
 
India new 20 INR, MG series, 2019, obverse.jpg India new 20 INR, MG series, 2019, reverse.jpg
Indian 20 rupee note, obverse and reverse
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #EEEA62
sRGB B (r, g, b)(238, 234, 98)
HSV (h, s, v)(58°, 59%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(91, 82, 84°)
SourceEncycolorpedia [16]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color greenish yellow. It is the main color on the Indian 20-rupee note.

Calamansi

Calamansi
 
Calamondin-01.jpg
Calamansi fruit
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FCFFA4
sRGB B (r, g, b)(252, 255, 164)
HSV (h, s, v)(62°, 36%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(98, 62, 88°)
SourceiColorpalette [17]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color calamansi with hexadecimal color code is a light shade of yellow-green.

Chartreuse yellow

Chartreuse yellow
 
Chartreuse-Liqueur 7590.JPG
A bottle of chartreuse liqueur
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DFFF00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(223, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(68°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(95, 108, 97°)
SourceMaerz and Paul [18]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of chartreuse for the color that is now called chartreuse yellow in American English was in 1892. [19]

In the book Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated. [20]

Orpiment

Orpiment
 
Orpiment-148270.jpg
Orpiment crystal from Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FDCC01
sRGB B (r, g, b)(253, 204, 1)
HSV (h, s, v)(48°, 100%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(84, 98, 64°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Orpiment, also known as ″yellow arsenic blende″ is a deep-colored, orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral with formula As2S3. It is found in volcanic fumaroles, low-temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot springs and may be formed through sublimation.

Orpiment takes its name from the Latin auripigmentum (aurum, "gold" + pigmentum, "pigment"), due to its deep-yellow color. Orpiment once was widely used in artworks, medicine, and other applications.

Pear

Pear
 
D'anjou pear.jpg
Anjou pear
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #D1E231
sRGB B (r, g, b)(209, 226, 49)
HSV (h, s, v)(66°, 78%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 91, 93°)
SourceColorHexa [21]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pear is a desaturated chartreuse yellow color that resembles the color of the exterior surface of Anjou or Bartlett pears.

Green earth

Green earth
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DADD98
sRGB B (r, g, b)(218, 221, 152)
HSV (h, s, v)(63°, 31%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 48, 88°)
Source Derwent [22]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color green earth. It is also known as terre verte and Verona green. It is an inorganic pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite. [23] [24]

Moccasin

Moccasin
 
WLA brooklynmuseum Kiowa moccasins.jpg
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFE4B5
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 228, 181)
HSV (h, s, v)(38°, 29%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 42, 62°)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A brownish yellow, common of the leather shoe with the same name.

Mango

Mango
 
Mango and cross sections.jpg
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFC800
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 200, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(47°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(83, 98, 62°)
SourceCrayola C.P.
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow-orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A yellow-orange color that resembles mangoes. It is named after the fruit. It is currently unknown when mango was first used as a color name in English.

See also

References

  1. "CSS Color Module Level 3". www.w3.org.
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Canary Yellow: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample L3
  3. The sRGB values are taken by converting the NCS color 1080-R using the “NCS Navigator” tool at the NCS website.
  4. 1 2 Pantone TPX
  5. Type the word "Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  6. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the word "Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
  7. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Lemon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K3
  8. "NBS/ISCC P - Plochere Color System". March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  9. Plochere Color System: Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ra through Rz". November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
  11. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201 (See under Orpiment [a synonym of the color name Royal Yellow] ); color sample of Royal Yellow: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K3
  12. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
  13. "Tartrazine / #f7d917 hex color". iColorpalette. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  14. Type the words "Cyber Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  15. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Cyber Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
  16. "Greenish Yellow Artists Acrylic Paints - HAC227 - Greenish Yellow Paint, Greenish Yellow Color, Acryla Artists Paint, EEEA62 - Art-Paints.com". www.art-paints.com.
  17. "Clamansi / #fcffa4 hex color". iColorpalette. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  18. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called chartreuse in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color chartreuse is displayed on page 45 Plate 11, Color Sample L1.
  19. Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930) A Dictionary of Color, p. 192, New York: McGraw-Hill
  20. Robert Ridgway (1912) Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, p. 67, Published by the author, Washington D.C. OCLC   630954
  21. "Pear / #d1e231 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  22. The color in the color box above matches the color called green earth in Derwent colored pencils.[ citation needed ]
  23. Green earth Colourlex. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  24. Green earth. Pigments through the Ages. webexhibits.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.