Lemongrass
Lemongrass begins as a green color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. It appears in Living Well - Balance and Timeless Color Wall, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#C8BD98LRV
50.85
Lemongrass's Color Strip
Lemongrass is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. Strip 297 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Lemongrass in Rooms
Follow Lemongrass from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Misc Photo
In an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, the most interesting quality of Lemongrass (7732) may be the way it responds to a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes. The beige, yellow hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Walls painted in Lemongrass deliver a fresh, naturally inspired green tone.
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Coordinating Colors
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 51), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 38, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 25, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 51), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (54 vs 51) makes Hearts Of Palm the marginally brighter of the two.
Lemongrass reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lemongrass reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lemongrass reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 51 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Straw Harvest reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 51 vs 7, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 51, Starry Night is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 20), opening up a space where Soulful Blue encloses it.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 28), opening up a space where Dusty Heather encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 3, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wisp reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 6, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Cargo Pants reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Oyster White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Grecian Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 51), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
Pearly White reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 51), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
Darker Colors
At LRV 51 vs 38, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemongrass reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 51 vs 28, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 38, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 32, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This relaxed yellow-green brings a warm, nature-inspired glow to your space. Consider in a kitchen or dining room and inspire community.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.