Vanilla (color)

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Vanilla (disambiguation).

The color vanilla is a rich tint of off-white as well as a medium pale tint of yellow.

Vanilla
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F3E5AB
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(243, 229, 171)
HSV (h, s, v)	(48°, 30%, 95%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 44, 75°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English was in 1925.^[1]

Vanilla orchid

Vanilla ice cream with mint

Variations of vanilla

Vanilla ice

Not to be confused with Vanilla Ice.

Vanilla Ice
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F3D9DF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(243, 217, 223)
HSV (h, s, v)	(346°, 11%, 95%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(89, 15, 355°)
Source	Resene Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color vanilla ice.

The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use at least since 2001, when it was one of the colors on the Resene color list.

Dark vanilla

Vanilla (Xona.com)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D1BEA8
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(209, 190, 168)
HSV (h, s, v)	(32°, 20%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(78, 23, 56°)
Source	Xona.com Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color dark vanilla.

This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.

Vanilla in culture

Film

• Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed by Cameron Crowe.

Music

• Vanilla Ice is an American rapper whose single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts--this occurred in 1990.

See also

• Chocolate (color)
• List of colors