Lemon (color)

Lemon or lemon-color is a pale yellow color, the color of the lemon fruit.[2]

A lemon tree in Italy

Lemon (Crayola)
A bunch of lemons
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FDFF00
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(253, 255, 0)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(1, 0, 100, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(60°, 100%, 100[1]%)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English was in 1598.[3]

Cultural uses

Lemon is the color of the library science discipline for academic regalia in the United States.

Variations of lemon

Some variants are fluorescent colors, but are not displayed as such because fluorescence cannot be represented on a display screen.

Lemon chiffon

Main article: Lemon chiffon

Lemon Chiffon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFFACD
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(255, 250, 205)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(54°, 20%, 100%)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color lemon chiffon is shown at right.

A lemon chiffon cake

The color lemon chiffon was formulated in 1987 as one of the X11 color names. After the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991, these colors became known as the X11 web colors.

Lemon meringue

Lemon Meringue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F6EABE
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(246, 234, 190)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 5, 23, 4)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(47°, 23%, 97[4]%)
Source	Pantone TPX[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color lemon meringue.

Lemon meringue pie

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #12-0711 TPX—Lemon Meringue.[6]

Lemon glacier

Lemon Glacier
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FDFF00
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(253, 255, 0)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(1, 0, 100, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(60°, 100%, 100[7]%)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Lemon glacier is a fluorescent color, displayed in non-fluorescent form at the right.

The color lemon glacier was released by Crayola in 2009 in the extreme twistable crayons. This color is very slightly greenish looking to the naked eye (just barely detectable)--as can be seen in its color box, its green code is very slightly larger than its red code.

Luis lemon

Luis Lemon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E9FF36
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(233, 255, 54)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(9, 0, 79, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(67°, 78%, 100%)
Source	Model's Own
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Luis Lemon is a fluorescent color, displayed in non-fluorescent form at the right.

Luis Lemon is one of Models Own's ice neon nail polish color sets. It is a variant of Laser Lemon below.

Laser lemon

Laser Lemon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFFF66
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(255, 255, 102)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 0, 60, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(60°, 60%, 100[8]%)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Laser lemon is a fluorescent color, displayed in non-fluorescent form at the right.

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. (See the color chartreuse yellow for the correct version of the traditional color chartreuse.)

Lemon yellow

Lemon Yellow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFF44F
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(255, 244, 79)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(56°, 69%, 100[9]%)
Source	Encycolorpedia[10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color lemon yellow is shown at right.

Lemon yellow was a Crayola color from 1949 to 1990.

Bitter lemon

Bitter Lemon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CAE00D
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(202, 224, 13)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(10, 0, 94, 12)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(66°, 94%, 88[11]%)
Source	Xona.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color bitter lemon.

The first use of the color name bitter lemon was in 2001, when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Citron

Main article: Citron (color)

Citron
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DDD06A
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(221, 208, 106)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 6, 52, 13)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(53°, 52%, 87[12]%)
Source	Xona.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color citron.

The name has been used since at least the 1920s for an equal mix of orange and green pigments.

"Citron" is the French word for "lemon". This dark tone of lemon was formulated for use in interior design and fabric design.

Lemon curry

Lemon Curry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CCA01D
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(204, 160, 29)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 22, 86, 20)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(45°, 86%, 80[13]%)
Source	Pantone TPX[14]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color lemon curry.

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

Deep lemon

Deep Lemon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F5C71A
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(245, 199, 26)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 19, 89, 4)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(47°, 89%, 96[16]%)
Source	Pantone TPX[17]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color deep lemon.

Deep lemon is the deep tone of lemon that is called "lemon" by Pantone.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #13-0752 TPX—Lemon.[18]

See also

• List of colors

References

1. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FDFF00 (Lemon Glacier):
2. "lemon". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. 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
4. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F6EABE (Lemon Meringue):
5. Type the words "Lemon Meringue" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
6. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Lemon Meringue" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
7. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FDFF00 (Lemon Glacier):
8. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FFFF66 (Laser Lemon):
9. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FFF44F (Lemon Yellow):
11. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #CAE00D (Bitter Lemon):
12. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9FA91F (Citron):
13. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #CCA01D (Lemon Curry):
14. Type the words "Lemon Curry" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
15. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Lemon Curry" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
16. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F5C71A (Deep Lemon):
17. Type the word "Lemon" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
18. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the word "Lemon" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear: