Lemon (color)

"Lemon yellow" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Lemon yellow (RAL).
Lemon (Crayola)
 
A whole and halved lemon
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFF700
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 247, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(58°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(95, 105, 83°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A lemon tree in Italy
A lemon tree in Italy

Lemon or lemon-color is a vivid yellow color characteristic of the lemon fruit.[1] Shades of "lemon" may vary significantly from the fruit's actual color, including fluorescent tones and creamy hues reflective of lemon pies and confections.

The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English dates to 1598.[2] In the academic regalia of the United States, the color denotes library and information science.

  1. ^ "lemon". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ 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