Benjamin Moore

Delightful Yellow

335

Delightful Yellow is a bright, clean yellow with warm undertones and minimal green or orange shift. Its LRV of 70.4 makes it a high-reflectance color that will noticeably amplify natural light in a room. The hue reads as a straightforward saturated yellow without heavy tonal complexity.

Suitable pairings from Benjamin Moore include Polar Sky, Gray Owl, Newburyport Blue, Hale Navy, and Guilford Green. Cooler companions like Polar Sky or Gray Owl will temper the warmth and provide tonal contrast in adjacent surfaces or trim.

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Brand

Benjamin Moore

Code

335

Collection

Benjamin Moore Classics

Delightful Yellow in Different Light

Light temperature is measured in Kelvin: a warm 2700K bulb pulls colors toward yellow, while 5000K daylight reads cooler and truer. Check the color at the time of day you actually use the room.

Artificial Lighting

Bedroom scene to simulate Benjamin Moore Delightful Yellow under artificial light

Light Temperature: 2700K

Natural Lighting

Living room scene to simulate Benjamin Moore Delightful Yellow under natural light

Light Temperature: 4500K

Technical Specifications

Undertones

Type

Yellow

Strength

High

Temperature

warm

Hue Angle

51°

Orange Family

Lightness

68%

Medium

Saturation

91%

Highly Saturated

LRV

70.4

0%100%

Very Dark

Dark

Medium

Light

Very Light

White

LRV measures how much light a color reflects, from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white). Below about 50 a color needs good lighting to avoid going flat, 60 and up helps brighten a room, and most whites sit above 80.

Color Position

Saturation →

Lightness →

Color Codes

HEX

#F8E165

RGB Decimal

248, 225, 101

RGB Percent

97.3%, 88.2%, 39.6%

HSL

50.6, 91.3%, 68.4%

HSV

50.6, 59.3%, 97.3%

CMYK

0.0%, 9.3%, 59.3%, 2.7%

YIQ

217.7, 53.6, -33.8

XYZ

67.99, 74.75, 23.16

CIE Lab

89.27, -6.61, 62.13

CIE Luv

89.27, 21.14, 76.76

Hunter Lab

86.46, -6.51, 43.30

Decimal

16310629

Coordinating Colors and Color Palettes

Darker Shades

Monochromatic dark

Delightful Yellow Acorn Squash Sun Porch Sun Kissed Yellow

Lighter Shades

Monochromatic light

Delightful Yellow Pineapple Grove Light Yellow Effervescent

Warm Shades

Warm spectrum

Delightful Yellow Tangerine Melt Coral Gables Pink Popsicle

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