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Mustard (color)

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Hex triplet
  
#FFDB58

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(1, 12, 77, 0)

Source
  
Maerz and Paul

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(255, 219, 88)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(47°, 65.5%, 100%)

Mustard (color)

Mustard is a light orange 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.

In culture

Board Games

  • In the board game Cluedo, one of the color-coded murder suspects is a yellow character named Colonel Mustard.

    • Food

  • Mustard is the color of the belt awarded to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, New York.

    • Sexuality

  • In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a mustard bandana means that one is a size queen. However, the color called "mustard" in the bandana code is darker than the mustard color shown above--it is identical with the X11 color called goldenrod.

    • References

    Mustard (color) Wikipedia
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