Yellow

With an LRV of about 72, 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

• 85% Sorbet Flexa Yellow Very close ΔE 0.1
• B6713F Crown Yellow Very close ΔE 0.3
• Golden Nectar Dunn-Edwards DE5347 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.4
• Citrus Behr 360B-5 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.4
• Lemon Yogurt Nerolac 4600 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Mariposa Glidden PPG17-17 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Sundance Benjamin Moore 2022-50 Light Yellow
• Yellow Benjamin Moore 349 Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 59.4 and a value of 0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Flexa color to Yellow?

85% Sorbet (Flexa), at ΔE 0.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 72. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.