Chartreuse
Sherwin-Williams 73
- HEX
- #E1D286
- RGB
- 225, 210, 134
- LAB
- 83.9, -5.4, 39.5
- LRV
- ≈ 64
- Family
- Yellow, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1000 Green Beige
With an LRV of about 64, Chartreuse reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Chartreuse in other brands
- Starfruit Behr P330-4 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
- Fire Dance Vista C-798 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
- Buttery Willow Glidden 60YY 61/352 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4
- Hay Day Dunn-Edwards DE5479 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4
- C1642E Crown Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
- TVT V391 Tikkurila Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Fun Yellow Sherwin-Williams 6908 Light Yellow
- Mélange Green Sherwin-Williams 6710 Yellow
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
- Protanopia Reads as yellow
- Tritanopia Reads as pink
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
- Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Chartreuse warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 39.5 and a value of -5.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Behr color to Chartreuse?
Starfruit (P330-4), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Chartreuse?
≈ 64. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.