Mustard (color)

For other things called "mustard", see Mustard (disambiguation).

Mustard is a dull/dark yellow color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax.

Mustard
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFDB58
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 219, 88)
HSV (h, s, v)	(47°, 65%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(88, 85, 69°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886.^[2]

In culture

A plaster wall painted a dark shade of mustard called "baby mustard"

A jar of mustard

• The board game Cluedo has a mustard-colored pawn representing the character Colonel Mustard.
• A mustard-colored belt is awarded to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, New York.
• In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a mustard-colored bandana means that one is a size queen.^[3][4][5] However, the color called "mustard" in the bandana code is lighter than the mustard color shown above.

See also

• List of colors