NCS S 5040-Y

Question

What color is NCS S 5040-Y?

Painting of a temple surrounded by trees and bushes at sunset with the sun setting in the background. Color CMYK 0,30,90,62.

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NCS S 5040-Y color. Picture of a plant with a brown background

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Green vase with a plant inside of it on a window sill next to a green mat and potted plants. Color #6A4F00.

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Painting of a house in the middle of a forest with a pond in front of it. Color RGB 106,79,0.

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NCS S 5040-Y color. Pool surrounded by trees and lights at night time with a blue sky in the background

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Example of the palette with the NCS S 5040-Y color

Picture with primary colors of Cafe noir, Satin sheen gold, Air Force Blue, Light goldenrod yellow and Pale brown

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Cafe noir66%

Satin sheen gold23%

Air Force Blue

Light goldenrod yellow

Pale brown

Top 5 color shades of the illustration. Arranged in descending order of frequency of occurrence (first - more often, last - more rare).
See these colors in NCS, PANTONE, RAL palettes...

NCS (Natural Color System)

NCS S 7010-Y50R

NCS S 2050-Y

NCS S 3030-R80B

NCS S 0520-G70Y

PANTONE

RAL Classic

RAL 8016

RAL 1024

RAL 5024

RAL 9010

RAL 1036

RAL Design

RAL 050 20 16

RAL 085 70 60

RAL 220 60 20

RAL 050 90 10

RAL 050 50 20

RAL Effect

RAL 130-4

Author: Snargl.
Snargl team

Answer 1

NCS S 5040-Y has the following properties:

It belongs to the S 5000 - S 5540 category, which means it is a dark color with a low chromaticness.
It has a hue of Y, which means it is a yellow color.
It has a blackness of 50%, which means it is halfway between black and white.
It has a chromaticness of 40%, which means it is moderately saturated with yellow.

To describe NCS S 5040-Y in a more intuitive way, we can say that it is a dark olive color, similar to the color of olive drab or khaki.