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Enum: EyeColorEnum

Human eye color phenotypes

URI: valuesets:EyeColorEnum

Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Condition Hex Range Note Prevalence
BROWN Brown eyes 663300-8B4513 79% worldwide
BLUE Blue irides HP:0000635 Blue eyes 4169E1-87CEEB 8-10% worldwide
GREEN Green eyes 2E8B57-90EE90 2% worldwide
HAZEL Hazel eyes (brown-green mix) 8B7355-C9A878 5% worldwide
AMBER Amber/golden eyes FFBF00-FFB300 rare
GRAY Iris hypopigmentation HP:0007730 Gray eyes 778899-C0C0C0 <1% worldwide
HETEROCHROMIA Heterochromia iridis HP:0001100 Different colored eyes complete or sectoral heterochromia
RED_PINK Red/pink eyes (albinism) associated with albinism
VIOLET Violet eyes (extremely rare) 8B7AB8-9370DB extremely rare

Slots

Name Description
eye_color Human eye color phenotypes

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: EyeColorEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Human eye color phenotypes
title: Eye Color
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  BROWN:
    text: BROWN
    description: Brown eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 663300-8B4513
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 79% worldwide
  BLUE:
    text: BLUE
    description: Blue eyes
    meaning: HP:0000635
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 4169E1-87CEEB
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 8-10% worldwide
    title: Blue irides
  GREEN:
    text: GREEN
    description: Green eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 2E8B57-90EE90
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 2% worldwide
  HAZEL:
    text: HAZEL
    description: Hazel eyes (brown-green mix)
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 8B7355-C9A878
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 5% worldwide
  AMBER:
    text: AMBER
    description: Amber/golden eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: FFBF00-FFB300
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: rare
  GRAY:
    text: GRAY
    description: Gray eyes
    meaning: HP:0007730
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 778899-C0C0C0
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: <1% worldwide
    title: Iris hypopigmentation
  HETEROCHROMIA:
    text: HETEROCHROMIA
    description: Different colored eyes
    meaning: HP:0001100
    annotations:
      note:
        tag: note
        value: complete or sectoral heterochromia
    title: Heterochromia iridis
  RED_PINK:
    text: RED_PINK
    description: Red/pink eyes (albinism)
    annotations:
      condition:
        tag: condition
        value: associated with albinism
  VIOLET:
    text: VIOLET
    description: Violet eyes (extremely rare)
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 8B7AB8-9370DB
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: extremely rare