Straw (colour)

Color; tone of yellow

Large round bales of straw Straw

Colour coordinates
Hex triplet| #E4D96F
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (228, 217, 111)
HSV (h, s, v)| (54°, 51%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (86, 69, 80°)
Source| Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Straw /ˈstrɔː/ is a colour, a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw. The Latin word stramineus, with the same meaning, is often used in describing nature.

The first recorded use of straw as a colour name in English was in 1589.[2]

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## Straw in nature

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The name of the colour straw is used as an adjective in the names of birds and other animals with such colouring to describe their appearance, including:

Invertebrates

* Barred straw
* Straw underwing

Straw-headed bulbul

Birds

* Straw-backed tanager
* Straw-headed bulbul
* Straw-tailed whydah

Straw-coloured fruit bat

Mammals

* Straw-coloured fruit bat
* Straw-coloured pygmy rice rat

Other

* Blood plasma is also straw coloured

## See also

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* List of colours

## References

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1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called straw in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color "straw" is displayed on page 43, Plate 10, Color Sample F2.
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Straw: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample F2

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Shades of yellow

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Goldenrod| Harvest gold| Icterine| Ivory| Jasmine| Jonquil| Khaki| Lemon chiffon| Lemon-lime| Light yellow
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Lion| Maize| Marigold| Mikado yellow| Mindaro| Mustard| Naples yellow| Navajo white| Old gold| Papaya whip
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Peach-yellow| Pear| Saffron| School bus yellow| Selective yellow| Stil de grain yellow| Straw| Sunglow| Sunset| Vanilla
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Wheat| Yellow

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