Yellow

With an LRV of about 62, 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

• The Golden State Kelly-Moore KM5724-1 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Flan Vista C-236 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Flan Hallman Lindsay 237 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Interactive Cream Sherwin-Williams 6113 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Craft Juggler Behr MQ2-45 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Chilled Coffee Berger Paints 7T2458 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Delicate Benjamin Moore 120 Light Orange
• Fairway Benjamin Moore 1075 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• 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 18.8 and a value of 4.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Yellow?

The Golden State (KM5724-1), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 62. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.