Yellow

With an LRV of about 32, Yellow is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Yellow in other brands

• Child of the Moon Vista C-913 Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Burnt Desert Dulux UK 1192086 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Child Of The Moon Hallman Lindsay 914 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Golden Grain Dulux Australia S13G9 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mecca Gold PPG 1209-7 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Mecca Gold Glidden PPG1209-7 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Mayan Benjamin Moore 175 Orange
• Caramel Benjamin Moore 2160-10 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 52.1 and a value of 12.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Yellow?

Child of the Moon (C-913), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 32. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.