Yellow

With an LRV of about 82, Yellow reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Yellow in other brands

• YELLOW TULIP Nippon Paint NP YO 1089P Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.0
• Pineapple Cream Sherwin-Williams 1668 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.4
• Oyster Bisque Valspar 3007-4C Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Provincial Garden Kelly-Moore KM3426-1 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Almond Fudge Nerolac 4003 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Haystack Glidden 60YY 78/216 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Lightning Benjamin Moore 2019-70 Beige
• Mellowed Benjamin Moore 2149-50 Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light yellow
• Protanopia Reads as light yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 20.5 and a value of -3.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Yellow?

YELLOW TULIP (NP YO 1089P), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 82. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.