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

• Lime Ice MyPerfectColor MP11958 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Zombie Resene Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Turning Oakleaf Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bamboo Mat Dunn-Edwards DE5457 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.0
• Divina Plascon Y5-A1-4 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Desert Hotsprings Valspar 6008-5C Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Hay Benjamin Moore 317 Light Yellow
• Artichoke Benjamin Moore 382 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 30.4 and a value of -3.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Yellow?

Lime Ice (MP11958), at ΔE 0.6. 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.