Lion (color)

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Lion

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DECC9C
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(222, 204, 156)
HSV (h, s, v)	(44°, 30%, 87%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(82, 39, 69°)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A male lion in Namibia

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India. The lion was poetically called the king of beasts in the great chain of being, one of the bases of medieval philosophy in Western civilization.

The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.^[1]

References[]

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Lion: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G7

See also[]

List of colors

Shades of yellow

Amber	Apricot	Arylide yellow	Aureolin	Beige	Buff	Canary	Champagne	Chartreuse	Citron

Citrine	Cosmic latte	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)	Goldenrod

Harvest gold	Icterine	Ivory	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lemon-lime	Light yellow	Lion

Maize	Mikado yellow	Mindaro	Mustard	Naples yellow	Navajo white	Old gold	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear

Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Straw	Sunglow	Sunset	Vanilla	Wheat	Yellow

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of orange

Aerospace orange	Alloy orange	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Brown	Burnt orange	Butterscotch	Carrot orange	Champagne (color)	Coral

Dark orange (web)	Desert sand (color)	Engineering orange	Giants orange	Golden Gate Bridge	Goldenrod	Hunyadi yellow	Light orange	Orange (Crayola)	Orange (Pantone)

Orange peel	Orange (web)	Orange (wheel)	Papaya whip	Peach	Persian orange	Persimmon	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Safety orange

Saffron	Spanish orange	Tangelo	Tangerine	Tawny	Tiger’s Eye	UT orange	Xanthous

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of brown

Auburn	Almond	Beaver	Beige	Bistre	Black bean	Black olive	Bole	Bone	Bronze

Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee

Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown

Dun	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Khaki	Kobicha	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Red-brown	Redwood

Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia

Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Umber	Van Dyke	Walnut brown	Wenge	Wheat

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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