A bright yellow-green like young rice seedlings. This traditional color name has been in use since the Heian period. "若苗色" (wakanae-iro) is an early-summer color. If the seedling green deepens, it becomes "苗色" (#b0ca71), a summer color.

Incidentally, Japanese traditional color names with the character "若" (meaning "young" or "tender") generally refer to the fresh green of plants. Besides wakanae-iro, common examples include 若草色 (young grass, #c3d825), 若菜色 (tender greens, #d8e698), 若芽色 (young sprout, #e0ebaf), and 若竹色 (young bamboo), most falling in the yellow-green range.