164 Color names for "Yellow"

The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange.The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500.

The official colors of the University of Southern California are Pantone 201C and Pantone 123C. These colors, designated as USC Cardinal and USC Gold, were adopted in 1895 by Rev. George W. White, USC's third president, and are equal in importance in identifying the USC Trojans.

A light orange color was formulated for Crayola colored pencils.

This is the web color called Khaki in HTML/CSS, which matches the color designated as Khaki in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, a standard for color nomenclature before the introduction of computers.

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax.The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915, but "flaxen" had been used to describe hair color in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens in 1849: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."

The color canary (light greenish yellow) is shown in the color box. The first recorded use of canary yellow as a color name in English was in 1789.

The color sunset is a pale tint of orange.It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a sunset is reflected from them. The first recorded use of sunset as a color name in English was in 1916.

The first recorded use of Tuscan as a color name in English was in 1887.

Vegas gold is associated with the glamorous casinos and hotels of the Las Vegas Strip, United States. Vegas gold is one of the official athletic colors for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Boston College Eagles, Colorado Buffaloes, South Florida Bulls, St. Vincent–St. Mary High School, Vanderbilt Commodores, the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen, and Western Carolina University Catamounts. It is one of the official colors of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, and was the type of gold the Pittsburgh Penguins used on their uniforms until they reverted to "Pittsburgh gold", the shade traditionally associated with the city.

Light goldenrod yellow is a soft, pale yellow web color with a warm golden hue.

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

Straw is a colour, a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw. The Latin word stramineus, with the same meaning, is often used in describing nature. The first recorded use of straw as a colour name in English was in 1589. The name of the colour straw is used as an adjective in the names of birds and other animals with such colouring to describe their appearance.

This has been the color called gold in Crayola crayons since 1903. Pale gold is one of the Lithuanian basketball club Lietkabelis Panevėžys primary colors.

This color was originally called harvest in the 1920s. The first recorded use of harvest as a color name in English was in 1923. Harvest gold was a common color for metal surfaces (including automobiles and household appliances), as was the color avocado, during the whole decade of the 1970s. They were both also popular colors for shag carpets. Both colors (as well as shag carpets) went out of style by the early 1980s.

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

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion. The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India. The lion was poetically called the king of beasts. The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.

The first recorded use of sunglow as a color name in English was in 1924. The Crayola crayon color was formulated in 1990.

Laser lemon is a fluorescent color, shown here in its non-fluorescent form. The color laser lemon was named by Crayola in 1990.Before that, from its formulation in 1972 to 1990, it had been incorrectly been named chartreuse. In actuality, a chartreuse color is one in which the green hex code has a slightly higher value than the red hex code in the RGB values of the color.

Golden poppy is a tone of gold that is the color of the California poppy—the official state flower of California—the Golden State. The first recorded use of golden poppy as a color name in English was in 1927.

The color peridot is a shade of lime with lemon undertones, which represents the color of the peridot gemstone. Peridot is the birthstone for those born in August.

Light French beige is the color called beige on the pourpre.com website, a color list widely popular in France.

The medium tone of "champagne" is the color referred to as champagne in the Dictionary of Color Names (1955), listed as color sample #89.

The shade maize or corn refers to a specific tone of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name—maize (called corn in the United States and Canada).In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange, since the color of maize (the actual corn) may vary. The first recorded use of maize as a color name in English was in 1861.

Harvest gold is a shade of orange and yellow. It was popular with kitchen and other appliances during the 1970s, along with brown, burnt orange, and avocado green.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-0751 TPX—Lemon Curry.

Cal Poly Pomona gold was one of the two official colors of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The official university colors were green (PMS 349) and gold (PMS 131). Cal Poly Pomona's Office of Public Affairs created the colors for web development and has technical guidelines, copyright and privacy protection; as well as logos and images that developers are asked to follow in the University's Guidelines for using official Cal Poly Pomona logos.

Dark khaki is a deep, muted yellow-greenish shade that evokes a natural, earthy feel. It corresponds to Dark Khaki in the X11 color names.

Cream is the color of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a yellow tone to white. The first recorded use of cream as a color name in English was in 1590.

Gold is the oldest color associated with Arizona State University and dates back to 1896 when the school was named the Tempe Normal School. Gold signifies the "golden promise" of ASU. Gold also signifies the sunshine Arizona is famous for, including the power of the sun and its influence on the climate and the economy. The student section, known as The Inferno, wears gold on game days.

The color was approved by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chancellor in October 2013. This is a shade of gold identified by the university for use in their printed publications.

MU Gold is used by the University of Missouri as the official school color along with black. Mizzou Identity Standards designated the color for web development as well as logos and images that developers are asked to follow in the University's Guidelines for using official Mizzou logos.

Green earth, also known as terre verte and Verona green, is an inorganic pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite. First used by the ancient Romans, green earth has been identified on wall paintings at Pompeii and Dura-Europos. The Renaissance painter and writer Cennino Cennini claimed that “the ancients never gilded except with this green” being used as a bole, or undercoating. In the Middle Ages one of its best-known uses was in the underpainting of flesh tones. The color in the color box matches the color called green earth in Derwent colored pencils.

The first recorded use of sunray as a color name in English was in 1926.

The color jasmine is a pale tint of yellow. It is a representation of the average color of the more yellowish lower part of the pale yellowish white colored jasmine flower.The first recorded use of jasmine as a color name in English was in 1925.

Gold, also called golden, is a color tone resembling the gold chemical element. The web color gold 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 use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300 to refer to the element gold. The word gold as a color name was first used in 1400 and in 1423 to refer to blond hair. Metallic gold, such as in paint, is often called goldtone or gold tone, or gold ground when describing a solid gold background.

Ivory is an off-white color named after, and derived from, the material made from the tusks and teeth of certain animals, such as the elephant and the walrus. It has a very slight tint of yellow. The color is often associated with purity and elegance. In Western culture, it is also associated with weddings and other formal occasions. In Eastern cultures, ivory has been used for centuries in the creation of decorative objects and religious artifacts, such as Buddha statues and other sculptures. The cultural acceptance of the use of ivory as a material has declined over time, with the practice being outlawed in much of the world. The first recorded use of ivory as a color name in English was in 1385. The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987.

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.

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. The first known recorded use of jonquil as a color name in English was in 1789.

Saffron is a shade of yellow or orange, the colour of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived. The hue of the spice saffron is primarily due to the carotenoid chemical crocin.

Sandy tan is a color formulated by Crayola in 2000 for use in Crayola markers.

Luis Lemon is a fluorescent color, shown here in its non-fluorescent form. Luis Lemon is one of Models Own's ice neon nail polish color sets. It is a variant of Laser Lemon.

Wheat is a color that resembles the light yellow of the wheat grain. The first recorded use of wheat as a color name in English was in 1711. Wheat is one of the X11 web colors.

Dutch white is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list popular in Australia and New Zealand.The color Dutch white was formulated in 2000.

Light Goldenrod is a web color that can be described as a light greenish-yellow. It is mentioned on Wikipedia as one of the variations of goldenrod, a color that resembles the goldenrod plant.

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name. It is currently unknown when marigold was first used as a colour name, although the New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield used it to describe a hair colour in her short story Something Childish But Very Natural (1914).

Antique white is a web color. The color name antique white began to be used in 1987 when the X11 colors were first formulated.

A representation of the color metallic gold is displayed, simulating the traditional color of gold, which corresponds to the actual metallic element. The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.

This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.

Fawn is a light yellowish tan colour. It is usually used in reference to clothing, soft furnishings and bedding, as well as to a dog's coat colour. It occurs in varying shades, ranging between pale tan to pale fawn to dark deer-red. The first recorded use of fawn as a colour name in English was in 1789.

Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather. The first recorded use of tan as a color name in English was in the year 1590. Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymous to tan include: tawny, tenné, and fulvous.