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

• Banana Rama Dulux Australia S17G5 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Chenin Resene Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• TVT U257 Tikkurila Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Citrus 75 Caparol 3D Citrus 75 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Golden Yellow Nippon Paint NP YO 1091T Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4
• Beeswax .04 Colorhouse Beeswax-04 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Limon Benjamin Moore 334 Light Yellow
• Sweet Benjamin Moore 391 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 50.9 and a value of -6.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Yellow?

Banana Rama (S17G5), at ΔE 1.1. 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.