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Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding

Updated 2026-10-25

Edition timelineOptical Fiber Cable Color Coding: 2014, 2018, TIA-598-C20142015201620172018Optical Fiber Cable Color CodingANSI/TIA-598-DOptical Fiber Cable Color Coding2014Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding2018
Edition timeline. Editions recorded for this standard from the publisher's catalog. The filled dot marks the edition listed as current.
Edition timeline: edition years from the publishers' catalogs; editions without a four-digit year are listed but not plotted.
StandardEditionKindCurrentRecord
Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding2014Approvalstd.tia-598-d.approved
Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding2018Editionstd.tia-598-d.d1.approved
Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding2018Editionstd.tia-598-d.d2.approved
Optical Fiber Cable Color CodingTIA-598-CRevision ofstd.tia-598-d.revision-of

Data records

  • ANSI/TIA-598-D was approved on 2014-07-09 and published the same month. Value: 2014. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Front matter, page 2. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.approved
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-1 was approved on 2018-08-10. Value: 2018. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 2. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d1.approved
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-1 (2018) is the designation of the first addendum to ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014), developed by TIA subcommittee TR-42.12. Value: ANSI/TIA-598-D-1. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 2. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d1.designation
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-1 (2018) adds four colors and a color order for cable architectures built on a 16-element base unit, as an alternative to the original scheme, together with the coding for element numbers beyond the base. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, 2018 edition, clause 1, page 9. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d1.scope
  • The cover of ANSI/TIA-598-D-1 (2018) titles it as the first addendum to Optical Fiber Color Coding in Cable, covering additional colors for elements 13-16. Value: Optical Fiber Color Coding in Cable - Addendum 1, Additional Colors for Elements 13-16. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 1. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d1.title
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-2 was approved on 2018-03-06, several months before the first addendum despite its higher number. Value: 2018. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-2, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 2. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d2.approved
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-2 (2018) is the designation of the second addendum to ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014), developed by TIA subcommittee TR-42.12. Value: ANSI/TIA-598-D-2. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-2, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 2. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d2.designation
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-2 (2018) recommends a jacket color for indoor cables containing wideband laser-optimized multimode fiber of cabled category OM5, and leaves clause 3 of the base standard unchanged. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-2, 2018 edition, clause 1, page 9. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d2.scope
  • The cover of ANSI/TIA-598-D-2 (2018) gives its title as Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding - Addendum 2, Jacket Color for OM5 Indoor Fiber Cables. Value: Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding - Addendum 2, Jacket Color for OM5 Indoor Fiber Cables. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D-2, 2018 edition, clause Front matter, page 1. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.d2.title
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) is the designation of the TIA document titled Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding. Value: ANSI/TIA-598-D. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Front matter, page 1. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.designation
  • The foreword of ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) records that the edition brings in lighting conditions for visual color assessment, updates the indoor jacket scheme to current fiber specifications, and replaces the word premises with indoor throughout. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Foreword, page 9. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.edition-changes
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) is a revision of TIA-598-C, the 2005 edition. Value: TIA-598-C. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Foreword, page 9. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.revision-of
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) recommends a scheme for identifying single fibers, the units that hold them and groups of those units within a cable so that a given fiber can be located for connection, termination or testing, and it also covers identifying the fiber type of indoor and military cable through the jacket color or printed marking. Outdoor cable jackets, which are black for ultraviolet protection, fall outside its coverage. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause 1, page 11. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.scope
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) was developed by TIA subcommittee TR-42.12, which covers optical fibers and cables. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Foreword, page 9. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.sponsor
  • The title page of ANSI/TIA-598-D (2014) gives its full title as Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding. Value: Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding. Source: ANSI/TIA-598-D, 2014 edition, clause Front matter, page 1. Verified 2026-10-25. Record std.tia-598-d.title

Sources

  • ANSI/TIA-598-D, Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding, 2014 edition, TIA. Cited: clause Front matter; clause Foreword; clause 1. Held as: Purchased single-user copy.
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, Optical Fiber Color Coding in Cable - Addendum 1, Additional Colors for Elements 13-16, 2018 edition, TIA. Cited: clause Front matter; clause 1. Held as: Purchased single-user copy.
  • ANSI/TIA-598-D-2, Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding - Addendum 2, Jacket Color for OM5 Indoor Fiber Cables, 2018 edition, TIA. Cited: clause Front matter; clause 1. Held as: Purchased single-user copy.

Obtaining the documents

Changelog (30 entries)
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2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.approved)
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2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d1.approved)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d1.designation)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d1.designation)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d1.scope)
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2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d1.title)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d1.title)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d2.approved)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d2.approved)
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2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d2.designation)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d2.scope)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d2.scope)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.d2.title)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.d2.title)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.designation)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.designation)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.edition-changes)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.edition-changes)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.revision-of)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.revision-of)
2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.scope)
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2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.sponsor)
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2026-10-25created (std.tia-598-d.title)
2026-10-25review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.tia-598-d.title)

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