Lime (color)
Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.[1] Alternate names for this color included yellow-green, lemon-lime, lime green, or bitter lime.[2]
"Lime green" redirects here. For the fruit, see Lime (fruit).Lime
#C0FF00
(192, 255, 0)
(75°, 100%, 100%)
(93, 111, 106°)
RGB color system
Vivid yellow green
The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.[3][1]
Lime (color hex code #C0FF00) is a pure spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
Key lime
#E8F48C
(232, 244, 140)
(67°, 43%, 96%)
(93, 68, 92°)
Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)
#E3FF00
(227, 255, 0)
(67°, 100%, 100%)
(95, 107, 96°)
Vivid yellow green
#D0FF14
(208, 255, 20)
(72°, 92%, 100%)
(94, 108, 102°)
Vivid yellow green
#E6E200
(230, 226, 0)
(59°, 100%, 90%)
(88, 96, 84°)
Encycolorpedia[23]
Vivid greenish yellow
#CEFF00
(206, 255, 0)
(72°, 100%, 100%)
(94, 109, 102°)
Complex[24]
Vivid yellow green
#CCFF00
(204, 255, 0)
(72°, 100%, 100%)
(94, 110, 103°)
Vivid yellow green
#9EFD38
(158, 253, 56)
(89°, 78%, 99%)
(91, 111, 115°)
Vivid yellow green
#00FF00
(0, 255, 0)
(120°, 100%, 100%)
(88, 136, 128°)
Vivid yellowish green
#32CD32
(50, 205, 50)
(120°, 76%, 80%)
(73, 103, 128°)
Vivid yellowish green
#72FE00
(114, 254, 0)
(93°, 100%, 100%)
(89, 125, 121°)