Optimistic Yellow

With an LRV of about 76, Optimistic 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Optimistic Yellow in other brands

• Hawthorne Benjamin Moore HC-4 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Easter Morn 5 Dulux UK 1186653 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gold Strand Vista C-811 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gold Strand Hallman Lindsay 812 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Summer Place Nippon Paint NP YO 2493P Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Goldiluxe Kelly-Moore KM3461-2 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Paperwhite Sherwin-Williams 7105 Beige
• Sunbeam Yellow Sherwin-Williams 78 Light Orange

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns yellow
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Optimistic Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 31.4 and a value of -1.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Optimistic Yellow?

Hawthorne (HC-4), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Optimistic Yellow?

≈ 76. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.