Lemon Yellow is a very light vivid yellow with a warm undertone. This is a common color; 6 other brands cover it, the nearest being Citadel Flash Gitz Yellow at 99 percent. In practice you can substitute across brands here without anyone noticing at arm's length.
Lemon Yellow equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the easy ones. A same finish twin exists, and 6 brands in the catalog land close enough to consider.
Closest Citadel equivalent: Citadel Flash Gitz Yellow, the same color for practical purposes (delta E 0.3).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Fluorescent Yellow, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.9).
- Best Scale75 option: Scale75 Marine Yellow, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.1).
- From Humbrol: Humbrol Lemon Yellow, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 3.4).
- Revell's closest color: Revell Luminous Yellow/Leuchtgelb (RAL 1026), close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.5).
- Nearest in the Green Stuff World catalog: Green Stuff World Banana Split, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 3.6).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 0.3 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
Vallejo
Scale75
Humbrol
Revell
Green Stuff World
AK Interactive
Two Thin Coats
The Army Painter
P3 Paints
About this color
Color profile
Match difficulty
Found in 6 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Lemon Yellow?
The closest same-finish match is Citadel Flash Gitz Yellow at 99% color similarity.
What color is Lemon Yellow?
Lemon Yellow is a very light vivid yellow with a warm undertone (hex #FFF200).