Gamboge

Gamboge is a partially transparent deep saffron to mustard yellow pigment. It is the traditional colour used to dye Buddhist monks' robes, and Theravada Buddhist monks in particular. Physicist Jean Perrin used this pigment to prove Brownian motion in 1908.

Hex triplet:#E49B0F

sRGBB (r, g, b):(228, 155, 15)

HSV (h, s, v):(39, 93%, 89%)

CIELChuv (L, C, h):(69.4%, 74, 76)

HSL (h, s, l):(39, 88%, 48%)

LAB (l, a, b):(69, 18, 72)

Ansi256:178

ISCC–NBS descriptor: Strong orange yellowPublished by:

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Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GambogeSource: Maerz and Paul, Dictionary of Color, 1st ed.

gamboge shades of orange shades of yellow