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

• Citrus Spice Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Amrud Asian Paints X209 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Soleil Dunn-Edwards DE5419 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.6
• Neon City Nippon Paint NP YO 2567A Yellow Very close ΔE 1.6
• Golden Anniversary Glidden 50YY 55/623 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.9
• Crazy Dulux Australia S17G8 Yellow Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Golden Benjamin Moore 329 Yellow
• Chartreuse Benjamin Moore 2024-10 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 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 70.1 and a value of -5.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Yellow?

Citrus Spice (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.9. 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.