Marigold (color)

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Marigold.

Marigold
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EAA221
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(234, 162, 33)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 31, 86, 8)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(39°, 85%, 91%)
Source	ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name.

The year that the first recorded use of marigold as a color name in English was in is currently unknown.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color sample of Marigold (color sample #68)

Variations of marigold

Gold

Main article: Gold (color)

Gold (golden)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFD700
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(255, 215, 0)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 16, 100, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(51°, 100%, 100%)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-orange color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold.

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" (shown below).

The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300.

Orange-yellow

Orange Yellow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F8D568
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(248, 213, 104)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 14, 58, 2)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(45°, 58%, 97%)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Orange-yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Goldenrod

Main article: Goldenrod (color)

Goldenrod
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DAA520
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(218, 165, 32)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 24, 85, 15)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(43°, 85%, 85%)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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

See also

• Gold (color)
• List of colors