Yellow

With an LRV of about 63, 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

• Dilly Dally Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Radiant Sun Behr P310-6 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Victoria Street Dulux Australia NZ10C5 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Summerland Kelly-Moore KM12-D Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sunland Park Vista K-497 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
• Tangerine Yellow Asian Paints 9874 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Yellow Benjamin Moore 2021-40 Yellow
• Sun Benjamin Moore 350 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 Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 62.6 and a value of 0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Yellow?

Dilly Dally (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 63. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.