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Yellow Green

Everything about the color Yellow Green

The meaning of the color Yellow Green and color combinations to inspire your next design.

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Also known as chartreuse, yellow green lies between green and yellow in the color wheel. It is precisely 50% green and 50% yellow and has a hex code of #9ACD32. Yellow green is an exciting and vibrant shade that evokes feelings of joy and cheeriness.

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For a refreshing and cheery palette, combine yellow green with lemon yellow and lime green. For a more somber palette featuring yellow green, combine the vibrant hue with neutrals. Keep in mind, however, that the hue can be uncomfortable to look at over extended periods of time in large quantities.

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Information about Yellow Green / #9ACD32

In a RGB color space (made from three colored lights for red, green, and blue), hex #9ACD32 is made of 60.4% red, 80.4% green and 19.6% blue. In a CMYK color space (also known as process color, or four color, and used in color printing), hex #9ACD32 is made of 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 76% yellow and 20% black. Yellow Green has a hue angle of 79.7 degrees, a saturation of 60.8% and a lightness of 50%.

Color conversion

The hexadecimal color #9ACD32 has RGB values of R: 60.4, G: 80.4, B: 19.6 and CMYK values of C: 0.25, M: 0, Y: 0.76, K:0.2.

	Value	CSS
Hex	9acd32	#9acd32
RGB Decimal	154, 205, 50	rgb(154,205,50)
RGB Percentage	60.4, 80.4, 19.6	rgb(60.4%, 80.4%, 19.6%)
CMYK	25, 0, 76, 20
HSL	79.7°, 60.8, 50	hsl(79.7°, 60.8%, 50%)
HSV (or HSB)	79.7°, 75.6, 80.4
Web Safe	99cc33	#99cc33
CIE-LAB	76.535, -37.988, 66.586
XYZ	35.734, 50.762, 10.932
xyY	0.367, 0.521, 50.762
CIE-LCH	76.535, 76.66, 119.705
CIE-LUV	76.535, -25.493, 81.707
Hunter-Lab	71.248, -31.851, 38.316
Binary	10011010, 11001101, 00110010