Straw is a pale yellow color representing the Straw, a dry stalks of cereal plants.
What color is Straw?
Straw color belongs to the Yellow color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code (color number) for Straw is #E4D96F, and the RGB color code is RGB(228, 217, 111).
In the RGB color model, Straw has a red value of 228, a green value of 217, and a blue value of 111. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 51.3% yellow, and 10.6% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 54.4° (degrees), 68.4 % saturation, and 66.5 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Straw has a hue of 54.4° (degrees), 51.3 % saturation and 89.4 % brightness/value.
Straw is cool or warm?
The color Straw is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Straw?
Straw has an LRV of nearly 67.
By LRV value, it is a light color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV), indicates how light or dark a color will look on a scale of 0 (black) to 100 (white).
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Straw color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB
RGBA - RGB(228, 217, 111) |
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Red | 228 (89.4%) |
Green | 217 (85.1%) |
Blue | 111 (43.5%) |
Alpha | 1 (100.0%) |
HSL |
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Hue | 54.36° |
Saturation | 68.42 %. |
Lightness | 66.47 %. |
HWB | H: 54.36° W: 43.53 % B: 10.59 % |
LRV | ~ 67.3 % |
Munsell Color System | 0.3GY 8.4/7.7 |
XYZ | X : 59.68 Y : 67.27 Z : 24.88 |
YXY | Y1 : 67.27 X : 0.39 Y2 : 0.44 |
CMY | C : 10.59% M : 14.90% Y : 56.47% |
CMYK |
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Cyan | 0.00% |
Magenta | 4.82% |
Yellow | 51.32% |
Key | 10.59% |
HSV/HSB |
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Hue | 54.36° |
Saturation | 51.32 %. |
Brightness / Value | 89.41 %. |
CIE-Lab | L : 85.64 A : -9.95 B : 52.97 |
CIE-Lch | L : 85.64 C : 53.9 H : 100.64 |
CIE-Luv | L : 85.64 U : 12.19 V : 68.11 |
Hunter-Lab | L : 82.02 A : -13.65 B : 39.43 |
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