straw color

a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.

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First recorded in 1580–90

straw-colored, adjective

Jaune of Smith (Yellow Noisette), straw-color, large and full.
The Book of Roses|Francis Parkman
The deep wine-color of the sumachs and gum-treesis already visible, and the straw-color of the dog-wood and beech.
Complete Prose Works|Walt Whitman
The beds of papyrus on the banks now grew partly on dry land, and their rank green had faded to straw-color.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers
A new fruit of middle sized, and handsome conical shape, red towards the sun, and a straw-color on the other side.
British Pomology|Robert Hogg

The shell is brown to straw-color, stained with purplish-brown without, and has a bright salmon-red or purplish-pink interior.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold