Chartreuse (color)

**Chartreuse green** is the colour halfway between yellow and green on the RGB and RYB color wheel, with the hex code of #80FF00.

_Chartreuse green_ (the web color known as _chartreuse_ since the X11 colors were created in 1987 and then renamed the X11 web colors in 1991) is a web color that was named because it looked like the green color of a French liqueur called _green chartreuse_, made since 1764. Before 1987, this color was called _yellow-green_, but that name is now used for the web color "yellow-green", a medium dark shade of chartreuse green shown in the color chart below.

The color _chartreuse yellow_ (the traditional color originally called _chartreuse_ since 1892) is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because it looked similar to the yellow color of a French liqueur called _yellow chartreuse_, introduced in 1838.  The color chartreuse yellow is shown on the color chart below. Chartreuse yellow is the color halfway between lime and yellow on the RGB color wheel.

## Meaning of chartreuse green

- Chartreuse green is the color of most salad greens and therefore it is associated with good health and a healthy diet. It is associated with nature and the country and  with healing.

## Tones of chartreuse green color comparison chart

|style = "background-color: #e9ffd8;"|Nyanza (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #E9FFD8) (RGB: 233, 255, 219)|
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|style = "background-color: #f3fdc6;"|Light Mindaro (Pale Chartreuse Green) (Mindaro Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #F3FDC6) (RGB: 243, 253, 198)|
|style = "background-color: #eff7aa;"|Australian Mint (Resene color list) (Hex: #EFF7AA) (RGB: 239, 247, 170)|
|style = "background-color: #f7fa97;"|Light Starship (Starship Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #F7FA97) (RGB: 247, 250, 151)|
|style = "background-color: #e8f48c;"|Key Lime (Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)) (Hex: #E8F48C) (RGB: 232, 244, 140)|
|style = "background-color: #e3f988;"|Mindaro (Light Chartreuse Green) (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #E3F988) (RGB: 227, 249, 136)|
|style = "background-color: #ecebbd;"|Pale Spring Bud (Crayola "Spring Green") (Hex: #ECEBBD) (RGB: 236, 235, 189)|
|style = "background-color: #f1e788;"|Pale Green-Yellow (Crayola Green-Yellow) (Hex: #F1E788) (RGB: 242, 231, 136)|
|style = "background-color: #e6f554;"|Light Las Palmas (Las Palmas Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #E6F554) (RGB: 230, 245, 84)|
|style = "background-color: #e8f24e;"|Light Bitter Lemon (Bitter Lemon Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #E8F24E) (RGB: 232, 242, 78)|
|style = "background-color: #ecf245;"|Starship (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #ECF245) (RGB: 236, 242, 69)|
|style="background-color: #dfff00;"|Chartreuse Yellow (traditional Chartreuse (Fluorescent Chartreuse)) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #DFFF00) (RGB: 223, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #ccff00;"|Fluorescent Chartreuse (Fluorescent Yellow (Crayola Twistable colored pencils) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #c7ff00;"|Fluorescent Lime (Hex: #C7FF00) (RGB: 199, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #c2f732;"|French Chartreuse (Chartreuse Green (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #C2F732) (RGB: 194, 247, 50)|
|style = "background-color: #d1e231;"|Pear (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #D1E231) (RGB: 209, 226, 49)|
|style = "background-color: #cae00d;"|Bitter Lemon (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #CAE00D) (RGB: 202, 224, 13)|
|style = "background-color: #dde454;"|Light La Rioja (La Rioja Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #DDE454) (RGB: 221, 228, 84)|
|style = "background-color: #d6e94b;"|Light Bahia (Bahia Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D6E94B) (RGB: 214, 233, 75)|
|style = "background-color: #d4e646;"|Light Citrus (Citrus Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D4E646) (RGB: 212, 230, 70)|
|style = "background-color: #d3d86e;"|Light Citron (Citron Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D3D86E) (RGB: 211, 216, 110)|
|style = "background-color: #c9dc89;"|Medium Spring Bud (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C9DC89) (RGB: 202, 220, 137)|
|style = "background-color: #d1e189;"|Lime Pulp (Hex: #D1E189) (RGB: 200, 225, 137)|
|style = "background-color: #c2e20d;"|Go Bunny Go (Colour [sic] Lovers 2011 Color of the Year) (Hex: #C2E20D) (RGB: 194, 226, 13)|
|style = "background-color: #c6e610;"|Las Palmas (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #C6E610) (RGB: 193, 230, 16)|
|style="background-color: #ceff00;"|Volt (Nike) (Hex: #CEFF00) (RGB: 206, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #ccff00;"|Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #bfff00;"|Lime (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #adff2f;"|Green-Yellow (web color) (Hex: #ADFF2F) (RGB: 173, 255, 47)|
|style = "background-color: #a7fc00;"|Spring Bud (Spring Green (traditional)) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #A7FC00) (RGB: 167, 252, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #9efd38;"|French Lime (Lime (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #9EFD38) (RGB: 158, 253, 56)|
|style = "background-color: #7cfc00;"|Lawn Green (web color) (Hex: #7CFC00) (RGB: 124, 252, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #7fff00;"|Chartreuse Green (web color Chartreuse) (Matcha) (Hex: #7FFF00) (RGB: 127, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #66ff00;"|Bright Green (Environmentalist Green) (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #66FF00) (RGB: 102, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #3fff00;"|Harlequin (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #3FFF00) (RGB: 63, 255, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #85ea85;"|Light Lime Green (Lime Green Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #85EA85) (RGB: 133, 234, 133)|
|style = "background-color: #b2ec5d;"|Inchworm (Crayola) (Hex: #B2EC5D) (RGB: 178, 236, 53)|
|style = "background-color: #bbe261;"|Light Lima (Lima Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #BBE261) (RGB: 187, 226, 97)|
|style = "background-color: #d2e454;"|Light Limerick (Limerick Light (Xona.com color list))  (Hex: #D2E543) (RGB: 210, 229, 67)|
|style = "background-color: #bdda57;"|June Bud (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #BDDA57) (RGB: 189, 218, 87)|
|style = "background-color: #bada55;"|Badass (Hex: #BADA55) (RGB: 186, 218, 85)|
|style = "background-color: #bdd741;"|Brilliant Yellow Green (Liquitex Basic Colors #140)  (Hex: #BDD741) (RGB: 189, 215, 65)|
|style = "background-color: #cecf72;"|Yaffle Green (British Standards BS 5-062) (Hex: #CECF72) (RGB: 206, 207, 114)|
|style = "background-color: #bfbf6c;"|Green Chartreuse Liqueur (Chartreuse (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #BFBF6C) (RGB: 191, 191, 108)|
|style = "background-color: #b3c110;"|La Rioja (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #B3C110) (RGB: 179, 193, 16)|
|style = "background-color: #b0bc4a;"|Medium Chartreuse (Pantone TPX 14-0445 "Bright Chartreuse") (Hex: #B0BC4A) (RGB: 176, 188, 74)|
|style = "background-color: #b0b583;"|Medium Winter Pear (Winter Pear (Pantone TPX 15-0523)) (Hex: #B0B583) (RGB: 176, 181, 131)|
|style = "background-color: #9ab973;"|Olivine (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #9AB973) (RGB: 154, 185, 115)|
|style = "background-color: #93c572;"|Pistachio (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #93C572) (RGB: 147, 197, 146)|
|style = "background-color: #8fd400;"|Sheen Green (Crayola Metallic FX) (Hex: #8FD400) (RGB: 143, 212, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #98df62;"|Go Go Go (Resene color list) (Hex: #98DF62) (RGB: 152, 223, 98)|
|style = "background-color: #9acd32;"|Yellow-green (web color)  (Yellowgreen) (Hex: #9ACD32) (RGB: 154, 205, 50)|
|style = "background-color: #a4c639;"|Android Green (Google) (Hex: #A4C639) (RGB: 164, 198, 57)|
|style = "background-color: #a5cb0c;"|Bahia (Xona.com color list)(Hex: #A5CB0C) (RGB: 165, 203, 12)|
|style = "background-color: #a1c50a;"|Citrus (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 161, 197, 10)|
|style = "background-color: #9dc209;"|Limerick (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #9DC209) (RGB: 157, 194, 9)|
|style = "background-color: #8db600;"|Apple Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #8DB600) (RGB: 141, 182, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #80ca2b;"|Dizzy Lizzy (Resene color list) (Hex: #80CA2B) (RGB: 128, 202, 43)|
|style = "background-color: #76bd17;"|Lima (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #76BD17) (RGB: 118, 189, 23)|
|style = "background-color: #6bbe23;"|Olive Drab (web color) (Dark Chartreuse Green) (Dark Matcha) (Hex: #6BBE23) (RGB: 107, 142, 35)|
|style = "background-color: #32cd32;"|Lime Green (web color) (Hex: #32CD32) (RGB: 50, 205, 50)|
|style = "background-color: #57d200;"|Deep Yellow-Green (Yellow-Green (Crayola colored pencils)) (Hex: #57D200) (RGB: 87, 210, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #50b708;"|Usumbara Chameleon Harlequin (Hex: #50B708) (RGB: 80, 183, 8)|
|style = "background-color: #5ca345;"|Groovy (Resene color list} (Hex: #5CA345) (RGB: 92, 163, 69)|
|style = "background-color: #44944a; color:#ffffff"|Medium Harlequin (ISCC-NBS Harlequin) (Hex: #44944A) (RGB: 68, 148, 74)|
|style = "background-color: #4c9141; color:#ffffff"|May Green (RAL 6017) (Hex: #4C9141) (RGB: 76, 145, 65)|
|style = "background-color: #78866b; color:#ffffff"|Camouflage Green (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #78866B) (RGB: 120, 134, 107)|
|style = "background-color: #8a9a5b; color:#ffffff"|Winter Pear (Plochere) (Hex: #8A9A5B) (RGB: 138, 154, 191)|
|style = "background-color: #9fa91f; color:#ffffff"|Citron (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 158, 169, 31)|
|style = "background-color: #808000; color:#ffffff"|Olive (web color)  (Hex: #808000) (RGB: 128, 128, 0)|
|style = "background-color: #568203; color:#ffffff"|Avocado (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #568203) (RGB: 86, 130, 3)|
|style = "background-color: #556b2f; color:#ffffff"|Dark Olive Green (web color) (Hex: #556B2F) (RGB: 85, 107, 47)|
|style = "background-color: #3b3c36; color:#ffffff"|Black Olive (Olive RAL 6015) (Hex: #3B3C36) (RGB: 59, 60, 54)|
|style = "background-color: #354230; color:#ffffff"|Kombu Green (Pantone TPX 19-0417) (Hex: #354230) (RGB: 53, 66, 48)|

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