松花（Sōng Huā）

Pine Pollen

YellowPine PollenSystem B Solar-term setsStart of SpringSucceeding · 承色

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Colour Values色值

HEX

#FFEE6F

RGB

rgb(255, 238, 111)

HSL

hsl(53, 100%, 72%)

OKLCH

oklch(0.939 0.148 101.8)

CMYK

0, 7, 56, 0

approx

Global Colour Equivalents国际色卡对照

CSS nearest ≈

khaki

#F0E68C

Pantone FHI/TCX ≈

lemon verbena

#f3e779

Nearest perceptual match (OKLab). Pantone value is from an unofficial dataset — approximate; verify against official swatches before production.

Imagery & Provenance意象与出处

Solar term

立春 · Start of Spring — "东风解冻，蛰虫始振，鱼上冰。"

Imagery

The colour of pine pollen — a tender yellow with a thread of green running through it; the look of yellow just beginning to grow out of spring.

Origin

Songhua is pine pollen, the fine pale-yellow dust pines shed when they flower. Tang poets already drank it in “pine-pollen wine”, and Song cooks baked it into pastries. As Lichun’s succeeding colour it carries the first stirring of spring — yellow that is still soft, not yet hot.

System

B Solar-term sets

Source

Book of Rites, Monthly Ordinances: “On the day of Start of Spring, the east wind thaws the ice.” (succeeding colour of 立春.)

Citation

《礼记·月令》：立春之日，东风解冻。

Evidence

Ancient-text attestation (attestation > artifact > compilation > approximation)

Imagery意象图

松花 — Close-up of bright yellow fabric featuring small white dots and a soft texture. — Pexels License · ImageryClose-up of bright yellow fabric featuring small white dots and a soft texture.Close-up of bright yellow fabric featuring small white dots and a soft texture. — Tamanna Rumee · Pexels

Brand & Product References国际色号案例

Post-it Yellow

#FDFD96 · ≈ ΔE 6.1 (CIEDE2000)

Global brand reference

photo: DangApricot (Erik Breedon) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Editorial reference only — same/near shade used by these brands. Names and colours are trademarks of their respective owners; photos are CC-licensed from Wikimedia Commons (see credit on each card); no affiliation or endorsement implied.

Cultural Note for non-Chinese Designers文化提示

CautionYellow/gold = imperial, centre, earth, wealth. West reads caution.

Same Family同色系

Pantone/CSS values are nearest perceptual matches (OKLab distance), not official colour codes.