Chinese yellow

Chinese yellow is the English color name catalogued for #FFB200 (RGB 255, 178, 0), a vivid yellow. Its closest named colors in other languages are ひまわり色 (Japanese) and 鵝黄 (Chinese).

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ΔE = Lab distance from #FFB200

Chinese 鵝黄 #F8B500 · ΔE 4.6 French Ambre #F0C300 · ΔE 15.5 English Chrome yellow #FFA700 · ΔE 6.5 Italian Arancione #FFA500 · ΔE 7.7 Spanish Naranja #FFA500 · ΔE 7.7 Portuguese Laranja #FFA500 · ΔE 7.7 Japanese ひまわり色 #FFB500 · ΔE 1.8

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