Yellow

With an LRV of about 69, 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

• Simply Elegant Nerolac 2041 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.3
• Lemon Drop Behr UL180-11 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Caramelized Pears Glidden PPG1105-3 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Caramelized Pears PPG 1105-3 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Marzipan Vista C-881 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pilates Mat Nippon Paint NP BGG 1704P Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Soleil Benjamin Moore AF-330 Light Yellow
• Amulet Benjamin Moore AF-365 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 23.5 and a value of -0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Yellow?

Simply Elegant (2041), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 69. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.