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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
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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

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

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.