Yellow

With an LRV of about 58, Yellow reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Yellow in other brands

• Empire Yellow Behr 340B-7 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Look at the Bright Side Vista C-857 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Look At The Bright Side Hallman Lindsay 858 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Curcuma 95 Caparol 3D Curcuma 95 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Polka Asian Paints 7869 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Deep Marigolds Nippon Paint NP AC 2054A Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Sunshine Benjamin Moore 2021-30 Yellow
• Orange Benjamin Moore 2018-10 Orange

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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 82.8 and a value of 10.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Yellow?

Empire Yellow (340B-7), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 58. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.