Yellow

With an LRV of about 76, Yellow reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Yellow in other brands

• Organza Dunn-Edwards DE5220 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.2
• Fairy Glitter Kelly-Moore KM3556-1 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Melted Butter Behr 300A-3 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Maple Cream Valspar 3003-4B Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Fairy Glitter Asian Paints 7953 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Doodle Glidden PPG1204-4 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Hay Benjamin Moore 317 Light Yellow
• Goldfinch Benjamin Moore 187 Light Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light yellow
• Protanopia Reads as light yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 31.2 and a value of 3.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Yellow?

Organza (DE5220), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 76. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.