What color does yellow and green make?
Mixing yellow and green in equal parts gives #92bf00 (Yellow Green) — chartreuse. That's the perceptual (Oklab) midpoint: the shade your eye treats as the true halfway point between the two colors.
#92bf00 - HEX
- #92bf00
- RGB
- rgb(146, 191, 0)
- HSL
- hsl(74, 100%, 37%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(24%, 0%, 100%, 25%)
color-mix(in oklab, #ffff00 50%, #008000) Yellow to Green: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#acd066 Tint #c7e09c 50/50 mix #92bf00 Shade #354800 Darker #628100 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
Yellow and green are neighbors on the wheel, so they produce a clean yellow-green — chartreuse, halfway between grass and lemon. In light the result is brighter; in paint slightly deeper.
About these two colors
Yellow #ffff00 — The lightest primary — in paint, the warm primary that makes oranges and greens.
Green #008000 — Blue plus yellow in paint; the color the human eye can distinguish the most shades of.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #92bf00 to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
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Frequently asked questions
Does yellow and green make chartreuse?
Yes — equal parts give chartreuse, around #92bf00. The exact shade depends on your ratio: yellow-heavy mixes lean toward #c9df00 and green-heavy mixes toward #5a9f00.
What is the HEX code for yellow and green mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #92bf00 (Yellow Green). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #ffff00 50%, #008000).
What does yellow and green make in paint vs. on a screen?
Yellow and green are neighbors on the wheel, so they produce a clean yellow-green — chartreuse, halfway between grass and lemon. In light the result is brighter; in paint slightly deeper.
How do I make the chartreuse mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #c7e09c — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #354800. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.