How to Mix Lemon Yellow in Acrylic
A cool, greenish yellow. The cleanest way to mix vivid greens. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #F4E44A in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Lemon Yellow
#F4E44A
Mixed result
99% matchFrom these pigments
#F3E448
Pigment recipe
Checked August 2026
Ratios calibrated for acrylic. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.
1. Titanium White
PW6
86%2. Yellow Ochre
PY43
8%3. Cadmium Yellow
PY35
6%
What colors make Lemon Yellow?
Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, and Cadmium Yellow, in roughly a 86:8:6 ratio.
How to make Lemon Yellow in acrylic
Start with Titanium White at about 86% as your acrylic base, then work in Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Yellow in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #F4E44A.
Why mix Lemon Yellow instead of buying it
Mixing Lemon Yellow yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Lemon Yellow across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.
Common mistakes
White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Lemon Yellow + acrylic pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Related mixing guides
Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.