Lime Peel
DET500 · #C6C191 · LRV 51 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Sage Green22
- 2Evergreen Fog30
- 3Lime Peel51
- 4Soft Fern57
- 5Hancock Green66
What Color Is Lime Peel, Really?
Lime Peel reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DET500 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Lime Peel
Lime Peel is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Lime Peel
At LRV 51, Lime Peel is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Lime Peel are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Dunn-Edwards DET500 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Hearts of PalmSW 6415 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.9 | 54 | Color page → |
| Behr | Wheat GrassPPU9-11 · Behr | 1.8 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | GrasshopperAF-415 · Benjamin Moore | 1.5 | 53 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Frozen MargueritaP094 · Valspar | 2.3 | 52 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Country StylePPG11-04 · PPG / Glidden | 2.7 | 52 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Country StylePPG11-04 · Glidden | 3.1 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Lime Peel within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #C6C191 in HSL space. Pair Lime Peel with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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