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Goldenrod plants

Goldenrod is a color that resembles the goldenrod plant.

A Crayola crayon with this name and color, although a lighter version, was created in 1958.

Goldenrod

Goldenrod

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DAA520
sRGB (r, g, b)	(218, 165, 32)
HSV (h, s, v)	(43°, 85%, 85%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(71, 83, 58°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellow
B: Normalized to (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color goldenrod.

The color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.

The first known recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.

Variations of goldenrod

Light goldenrod yellow

Light Goldenrod Yellow

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FAFAD2
sRGB (r, g, b)	(250, 250, 210)
HSV (h, s, v)	(60°, 16%, 98%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(97, 30, 86°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

The web color light goldenrod yellow is displayed at right.

Pale goldenrod

Pale Goldenrod

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EEE8AA
sRGB (r, g, b)	(238, 232, 170)
HSV (h, s, v)	(55°, 29%, 93%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(91, 45, 81°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to (byte)

The web color pale goldenrod is displayed at right.

Light goldenrod

Light Goldenrod

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFEC8B
sRGB (r, g, b)	(255, 236, 139)
HSV (h, s, v)	(50°, 45%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(93, 68, 75°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light greenish yellow
B: Normalized to (byte)

The web color light goldenrod is displayed at right.

Dark goldenrod

Dark goldenrod

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B8860B
sRGB (r, g, b)	(184, 134, 11)
HSV (h, s, v)	(43°, 94%, 72%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(59, 73, 55°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellowish brown
B: Normalized to (byte)

The web color dark goldenrod is displayed at right.

Symbolism

It is the color of paper that the Church of Scientology's Ethics Department prints its suppressive person declarations on, giving rise to the term "golden-rodding".
Goldenrod is the name of a city in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, and their remakes Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
The cartoon sitcom 'The Simpsons' referenced Goldenrod in the episode Pygmoelian. In the episode the show within a show 'It Never Ends' producers use Goldenrod coloured pages to signify certain storylines in their scripts.

See also

List of colors

References

Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Goldenrod: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L5
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Shades of brown

Auburn	Almond	Beaver	Beige	Bistre	Black bean	Black olive	Bole	Bone	Bronze

Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee

Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown

Dun	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Khaki	Kobicha	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Red-brown	Redwood

Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia

Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Titian Red	Umber	Van Dyke	Walnut brown	Wenge	Wheat

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of orange

Aerospace orange	Alloy orange	Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Brown	Burnt orange	Butterscotch	Carrot orange	Champagne (color)

Chrome Orange	Coral	Dark orange (web)	Desert sand (color)	Engineering orange	Flame	Giants orange	Gold	Golden Gate Bridge	Goldenrod

Hunyadi yellow	Light orange	Mahogany	Marigold	Melon	Orange (Crayola)	Orange (Pantone)	Orange peel	Orange (web)	Orange (wheel)

Papaya whip	Peach	Persian orange	Persimmon	Portland orange	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Saffron

Spanish orange	Tangelo	Tangerine	Tawny	Tiger’s Eye	Titian Red	UT orange	Vermilion	Xanthous

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of yellow

Amber	Apricot	Arylide yellow	Aureolin	Beige	Buff	Canary	Champagne	Chartreuse	Chrome yellow

Citron	Citrine	Cosmic latte	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)

Goldenrod	Harvest gold	Icterine	Ivory	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lemon-lime	Light yellow

Lion	Maize	Marigold	Mikado yellow	Mindaro	Mustard	Naples yellow	Navajo white	Old gold	Papaya whip

Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Straw	Sunglow	Sunset	Vanilla

Wheat	Yellow

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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