Flax (color)

For the hair color, see Blond#flaxen.

Flax (also known as Light Goldenrod) is a pale yellowish-gray color named after flax seeds. It is similar to the color mustard.

Flax in culture

French impressionistic composer Claude Debussy's prelude N.8 Book 1 for Piano, "La fille aux cheveux de lin" (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) , uses the color flax in its title.
The main character in the Spice & Wolf Japanese novel, Horo, has been described as having flax-colored hair.
In the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the girl Ermengarde St. John is described as having flaxen hair.
Zossimov, a character from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, is described as having "straight flaxen hair."

Shades of yellow
Amber	Apricot	Beige	Buff	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Gold	Gold (metallic)	Goldenrod

Green-yellow	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lime	Lion	Maize	Mikado yellow	Naples yellow

Navajo white	Olive	Papaya whip	Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Sunglow	Vanilla	Yellow

The samples shown above are only indicative.