Shades of yellow

{{Short description|Varieties of the color yellow}}  {{Redirect|Shade of yellow|the Griff song|Shade of Yellow{{!}}''Shade of Yellow''}} {{pp-pc}} {{Infobox color |title = Yellow |image = Color icon yellow.svg |wavelength=570–580 |hex = FFFF00 |spelling = Color |symbolism = happiness, sunlight, cowardice, summer, Easter |source = HTML/CSS<ref name="css3-color">{{Cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4|title=CSS Color Module Level 3|website=www.w3.org}}</ref> }} 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.

==Web colors== ===Yellow (RGB) (X11 yellow) (color wheel yellow)=== {{infobox color |title=Yellow (RGB) (X11 yellow) |hex=FFFF00 |source=X11 |isccname=Vivid greenish yellow }}

[[File:RGB illumination.jpg|140px|thumb|left|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.

thumb|The RGB color wheel with yellow at 60 degrees.

===Yellow (CMYK) (process yellow) (canary yellow)=== <!--{{infobox color |title=Process Yellow Canary Yellow |hex=FFEF00 |source=tintbook.com<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120626160106/http://www.tintbook.com/ {{Bare URL inline|date=July 2025}}</ref> CMYK |isccname=Vivid greenish yellow }}

{{infobox color |title=Canary |image=YellowCanary.jpg |caption=Pale yellow canary |hex=FFFF99 |source=ColorHexa<ref>{{cite web |title=Canary / #ffff99 hex color |url=https://www.colorhexa.com/ffff99 |website=ColorHexa |access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> |isccname=Light greenish yellow }} {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} --> [[File:SubtractiveColor.svg|left|thumb|140px|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.<ref>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</ref> {{Clear}}

===Yellow (NCS) (psychological primary yellow)=== {{infobox color |title=Yellow (NCS) |hex=FFD300 |source=sRGB approximation to {{nobr|NCS 0580-Y}}<ref>The sRGB values are taken by converting the NCS color {{nobr|0580-Y}} using the “NCS Navigator” tool at [http://www.ncscolour.com/ the NCS website].</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow}}

[[File:Opponent colors.svg|left|thumb|140px|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. {{Clear}}

===Yellow (Munsell)=== {{infobox color |title=Yellow (Munsell) |hex=FFDB00 |caption=The hues of the Munsell color system, at varying values, and maximum chroma to stay in the sRGB gamut |image=File:Twenty hues of the Munsell color system at maximum chroma.png |source=https://pteromys.melonisland.net/munsell/ |isccname=Vivid yellow}}

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.{{Clear}}

===Yellow (Pantone)=== {{infobox color |title=Yellow (Pantone) |hex=FEDF00 |source=Pantone TPX<ref name="auto">[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX]</ref><ref>Type the word "Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow}}

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.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the word "Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>

{{Clear}} <!-- ===Yellow (Crayola)=== {{infobox color | title=Yellow (Crayola) | hex=FCE883 | source=Crayola | isccname=Light greenish yellow}}

The color '''yellow''' in Crayola crayons is displayed at right.

Yellow was one of the original Crayola colors formulated in 1903.

{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} --> {{Clear}}

==Tints of yellow== {{Clear}} ===Cream=== {{main|Cream (color)}} {{infobox color |title=Cream |image=File:Strawberry ice cream dessert.jpg |caption=Strawberries with cream |hex=FFFFCC |source=X11 |isccname=Light yellow green }}

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

===Lemon chiffon=== {{main|Lemon chiffon}} {{infobox color |title=Lemon chiffon |image=File:Lemon Chiffon Cake.jpg |caption=A lemon chiffon cake |hex=FFFACD |source=X11 |isccname=Pale greenish yellow }}

Displayed at right is the web color '''lemon chiffon'''.

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

===Light yellow=== {{infobox color |title=Light yellow |hex=FFFFE0 |source=X11 |isccname=Pale yellow green }}

Displayed at right is the web color '''light yellow'''.

<!--===Pastel yellow=== {{infobox color |title= Pastel yellow |hex= FDFD96 |source= |isccname= Light greenish yellow}} At right is displayed the color ''' pastel yellow '''.

{{-}} {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} -->

==Additional definitions of yellow== <!-- ===Blonde=== {{infobox color |title= Blonde |hex= FBF6D9 |source= |isccname= Light greenish yellow}} At right is displayed the color '''blonde'''.

{{-}} {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} -->

<!-- ===Bright yellow (Crayola)=== {{infobox color |title=Bright yellow (Crayola) |image=frameless frameless |caption=Indian 200 rupee note, obverse and reverse

|hex=FFAA1D |source=encycolorpedia.com<ref>[https://encycolorpedia.com/ffaa1d Internet]</ref> |isccname=Strong orange yellow }} Displayed at right is the color '''Bright yellow (Crayola)'''. It is the main color on the Indian 200-rupee note. {{-}}

{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} -->

===Calamansi=== {{infobox color |title=Calamansi |image=Calamondin-01.jpg |caption=Calamansi fruit |hex=FCFFA4 |source=iColorpalette<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clamansi / #fcffa4 hex color |url=https://icolorpalette.com/color/fcffa4 |website=iColorpalette |language=en |access-date=2023-10-03}}</ref> |isccname=Pale yellow green }}

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

{{Clear}} ===Chartreuse yellow=== {{infobox color |title=Chartreuse yellow |hex=DFFF00 |source=Maerz and Paul<ref>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.</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellowish green|image=Chartreuse-Liqueur 7590.JPG|caption=A bottle of chartreuse liqueur}}

The first recorded use of ''chartreuse'' for the color that is now called ''chartreuse yellow'' in American English was in 1892.<ref name=mp>Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930) ''A Dictionary of Color'', p. 192, New York: McGraw-Hill</ref>

In the book ''Color Standards and Color Nomenclature'' (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.<ref>Robert Ridgway (1912) [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_8627102_000 ''Color Standards and Color Nomenclature''], p. 67, Published by the author, Washington D.C. {{oclc|630954}}</ref>

===Cyber yellow=== {{infobox color |title=Cyber yellow |image=File:CyberSticker.jpg |caption=Cyber yellow used for stickers |hex=FFD300 |source=Pantone TPX<ref name="auto"/><ref>Type the words "Cyber Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow}}

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.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Cyber Yellow" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>

===Gold (golden)=== {{main|Gold (color)}} {{infobox color |title=Gold (Golden) |image=File:Gold-cat01b.jpg |caption=A gold nugget |hex=FFD700 |source=X11 |isccname=Vivid yellow}}

'''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.<ref name="Paul Page 195">Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195</ref> {{Clear}}

=== Green earth === {{main|Green earth}} {{Infobox color |title = Green earth |hex = DADD98 |source = Derwent<ref>The color in the color box above matches the color called ''green earth'' in ''Derwent'' colored pencils.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}</ref> |isccname = Light yellow green }} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green earth |url=https://colourlex.com/project/green-earth/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=ColourLex |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/greenearth.html Green earth]. Pigments through the Ages. ''webexhibits.com''. Retrieved 29 August 2016.</ref> {{Clear}}

===Greenish Yellow=== {{infobox color |title=Greenish yellow |image=frameless frameless |caption=Indian 20 rupee note, obverse and reverse

|hex=EEEA62 |source=Encycolorpedia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.art-paints.com/Paints/Acrylic/Acryla/Greenish-Yellow/Greenish-Yellow.html|title=Greenish Yellow Artists Acrylic Paints - HAC227 - Greenish Yellow Paint, Greenish Yellow Color, Acryla Artists Paint, EEEA62 - Art-Paints.com|website=www.art-paints.com}}</ref> |isccname=Brilliant greenish yellow }}

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

=== Jonquil === {{infobox color |title=Jonquil |hex=F4CA16 |source=Maerz and Paul<ref>The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''jonquil'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' (New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill). The color jonquil is displayed on page 41, Plate 9, Color Sample J5.</ref> |image=File:Jonquil12.jpg |isccname=Vivid yellow}} '''Jonquil''' is a hue of yellow. It is the color of the interior of the central cylindrical tubular projection of the jonquil flower. The color takes its name from a species of plant, ''Narcissus jonquilla'', which has clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers, and is native to the Mediterranean. {{Clear}}

===Lemon=== {{main|Lemon (color)}} {{infobox color |title=Lemon (Crayola) |image=File:Lemon.jpg |hex=FDFF00 |source=Crayola |isccname=Vivid greenish yellow }}

'''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|date=May 2023}}

The first recorded use of ''lemon'' as a color name in English was in 1598.<ref>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</ref> {{Clear}} <!--

===Maximum yellow=== {{Infobox color |title = Maximum yellow |hex = FAFA37 |source = Crayola |isccname = Vivid greenish yellow }}

'''Maximum yellow''' was a Crayola crayon color from 1926 to 1944. {{-}} {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} -->

=== Mango === {{infobox color|title=Mango|hex=FFC800|source=Crayola C.P.|isccname=Vivid yellow-orange|image=Mango and cross sections.jpg}} 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. {{Clear}}

===Mellow yellow=== {{Infobox color |title=Mellow yellow |hex=F8DE7E |source=Plochere<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/|title=NBS/ISCC P - Plochere Color System|date=March 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124316/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |archive-date=1 March 2012 }}</ref> |isccname=Light yellow }}

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.<ref>[http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere Color System:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004182626/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |date=2008-10-04 }}</ref>

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

=== Moccasin === {{infobox color |title=Moccasin |hex=FFE4B5 |source=X11 |image=File:WLA_brooklynmuseum_Kiowa_moccasins.jpg }} A brownish yellow, common of the leather shoe with the same name. {{Clear}}

===Orpiment=== {{infobox color |title=Orpiment |image=File:Orpiment-148270.jpg |caption=Orpiment crystal from Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada |hex=FDCC01 |source=X11 |isccname=Vivid yellow green}}

''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=== {{infobox color |title=Pear |image=File:D'anjou pear.jpg |caption=Anjou pear |hex=D1E231 |source=ColorHexa<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pear / #d1e231 hex color |url=https://www.colorhexa.com/d1e231 |website=ColorHexa |language=en |access-date=2023-10-08}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow green}}

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

===Royal yellow===

{{infobox color |title=Royal yellow |image=File:Xuanzong of Ming.jpg |caption=The Xuande Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty—reigned 1425 to 1435

|hex=FADA5E |source=ISCC-NBS<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ra through Rz|date=November 22, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220647/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm |archive-date=22 November 2012 }}</ref> |isccname=Brilliant yellow}}

At right is displayed the color '''royal yellow''' or '''Stil de grain 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'''.<ref>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</ref>

===Safety yellow=== {{Infobox color |title=Safety yellow |image=File:2011 IC CE Bus, North Syracuse School, Central New York.jpg |caption=A yellow school bus |hex=EED202 |source=ANSI Z535 |isccname=Vivid yellow }}

'''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). {{Clear}}

===Tartrazine=== {{infobox color |title=Tartrazine |hex=F7D917 |source=iColorpalette<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tartrazine / #f7d917 hex color |url=https://icolorpalette.com/color/f7d917 |website=iColorpalette |language=en |access-date=2023-10-03}}</ref> |isccname=Vibrant yellow }} The color ''tartrazine'' is a vibrant, warm-toned shade of warm yellow.

<!-- ===Unmellow yellow=== {{Infobox color |title=Unmellow yellow |hex=FFFF66 |source=Crayola |isccname=Brilliant greenish yellow }}

The color '''unmellow yellow''' is shown at right.

The color ''unmellow yellow'' was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

The color "unmellow yellow" is a similar fluorescent yellow to laser lemon but the color is brighter. In crayons, the color may appear slightly orange, though the computer display can appear more pale depending on one's monitor.

The color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism to display fluorescence on a flat computer screen. {{-}} {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} -->

===Xander=== {{infobox color |title=Xander |hex=44500C |source=The Official Register of Color Names<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://color-register.org/color/xander|title=Xander|website=The Official Register of Color Names}}</ref> |isccname=Moderate olive green }}

'''Xander''' is a dark yellow color that resembles the color olive. {{Clear}}

===Xanthic=== {{infobox color |title=Xanthic |hex=EEED09 |source=The Official Register of Color Names<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://color-register.org/color/xanthic|title=Xanthic|website=The Official Register of Color Names}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid greenish yellow }}

The name of the color '''xanthic''' is derived from ''xantho'' (meaning yellow or golden), from the Ancient Greek ξανθός and "ic" (meaning of or pertaining to), from the Latin adjectival suffix -icus.

The color "xanthic" is the color of Xanthine and Xanthate, both of which are xanthic acids.{{cn|date=April 2026}} {{Clear}}

==See also== *Lists of colors

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Shades of yellow