Saffron (color)

Saffron is a shade of yellow or orange, the colour of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived. The hue of the spice saffron is primarily due to the carotenoid chemical crocin.

This article is about the colour. For other uses, see Saffron (disambiguation).
"Bhagwa" redirects here. For the village, see Bhagwa, Jammu and Kashmir.
"Saffron yellow" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Saffron yellow (RAL).
Saffron
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#F4C430
sRGBB (r, g, b)(244, 196, 48)
HSV (h, s, v)(45°, 80%, 96%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(81, 90, 63°)
SourceMaerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Rajah
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FBAB60
sRGBB (r, g, b)(251, 171, 96)
HSV (h, s, v)(29°, 62%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(76, 83, 42°)
Source[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Deep saffron
(Bhagwa)
 
    Colour coordinates
Hex triplet#FF9933
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 153, 51)
HSV (h, s, v)(30°, 80%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(72, 105, 37°)
Source[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
India saffron
(Kesara/Kesariya)
 
    Colour coordinates
Hex triplet#FF7722
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 119, 34)
HSV (h, s, v)(23°, 87%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(65, 125, 26°)
SourceVexillological:
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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