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Yellow Aura

A yellow aura is read as confidence, wit and visible enjoyment. Unlike most aura colors it is a real wavelength, 570–590 nanometres.

Wavelength
570–590 nm a color of the spectrum
Swatch #E8C547
≈ 576 nm dominant wavelength
In Thought-Forms, 1905
In the key quoted below, Besant & Leadbeater
Chakra pairing
Solar plexus rainbow scheme, 1970s on

Swatch measured against the CIE 1931 observer; key: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, 1905.

Read in a similar way: amber aura, teal aura, orange aura, olive aura, brown aura, green aura and violet aura.

Its neighbors on the color wheel: lime aura.

Further along the same lines: maroon aura, red aura and magenta aura.

Checked against the visible spectrum

Yellow is a real color of light

Wavelength 570–590 nm
Width of the band 20 nm of the visible 370
Chakra Solar plexus — one of only 8 covered
Lightness of the swatch L* 81 of 100
Purity of the swatch 69% of a spectral color

A narrow band of the spectrum — just 20 nanometres wide, against 75 for green — which is why yellow reads as sharp and specific. The solar plexus chakra, associated with will and self-assurance.

19 of 31 aura colors have no wavelength. Why →

Where yellow sits in the visible spectrum: 570–590 nm
Where yellow sits in the visible spectrum: 570–590 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; yellow (570–590 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmVioletIndigo: 445–464 nmIndigoBlue: 450–495 nmBlueTurquoise: 490–505 nmTurquoiseTeal: 490–500 nmTealAqua: 490–500 nmAquaGreen: 495–570 nmGreenLime: 555–565 nmLimeYellow: 570–590 nmYellowAmber: 585–595 nmAmberOrange: 590–620 nmOrangeRed: 620–750 nmRed400 nm450 nm500 nm550 nm600 nm650 nm700 nm750 nm← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com
Where yellow sits in the visible spectrum: 570–590 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; yellow (570–590 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmIndigo: 445–464 nmBlue: 450–495 nmTurquoise: 490–505 nmTeal: 490–500 nmAqua: 490–500 nmGreen: 495–570 nmLime: 555–565 nmYellow: 570–590 nmYellowAmber: 585–595 nmOrange: 590–620 nmRed: 620–750 nm400 nm450500550600650700750← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com

Yellow: 20 of the 370 visible nanometres (5.4%). Overlaps amber.

The yellow swatch among all colors the eye can see
The yellow swatch among all colors the eye can seeCIE 1931 chromaticity diagram: the horseshoe of spectral colors from 380 to 700 nm, white point D65, the 31 aura colors of this site as dots, and yellow (#E8C547) highlighted with a line to its dominant wavelength.line of purples460480490500510520540560580600620700BlueBlackPinkGreenGoldCrystalWhitePurpleRedOrangeBrownRoseRainbowSilverNavyClearGrayTealAquaVioletMagentaAmberTurquoiseLavenderIndigoLimePeachMaroonOliveCoral≈ 576 nmwhiteYellow #E8C547Big dot: yellow as shown on this pageSmall dots: the other 30 aura colorsSource: CIE 1931 2° observer; sRGB swatches of this siteastrohot.com

The #E8C547 swatch points to 576 nm, inside the band, at 69% of full spectral purity.

Nearest colors in the spectrum

Physically adjacent to yellow — a few nanometres apart, yet given entirely separate meanings.

Amber 585–595 nm Lime 555–565 nm Orange 590–620 nm Green 495–570 nm

What a yellow aura is said to mean

Yellow is read as optimism, intelligence and visible enjoyment of life — the color of the solar plexus chakra. Bright yellow is described as confidence, humor and quick thinking; a darker, mustard yellow as stress, overthinking or the pressure of always being the cheerful one. Yellow is said to appear in people starting something new and exciting.

The reading

Confidence, wit and visible enjoyment

The shadow side

Brightness kept up past the point of honesty

Tradition, not measurement. What aura cameras actually record →

Primary source

The yellow aura in the first published color key

Besant and Leadbeater, 1905
“the various shades of yellow denote intellect or intellectual gratification, dull yellow ochre implying the direction of such faculty to selfish purposes, while clear gamboge shows a distinctly higher type, and pale luminous primrose yellow is a sign of the highest and most unselfish use of intellectual power, the pure reason directed to spiritual ends.”
Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms (London, 1905), “The Meaning of the Colours” — read the original text. Besant and Leadbeater repeat the key from Leadbeater’s Man Visible and Invisible (1903), the book that popularized the idea of a colored aura. Most modern aura charts descend from Christopher Hills’s rainbow scheme of 1977, which is why their meanings often differ.

The yellow aura in everyday life

In love

Playful, fun and affectionate. A yellow partner keeps things light — sometimes lighter than the moment needs.

At work

Creative and analytical roles, start-ups, teaching and anything that needs fresh ideas and energy.

Finding balance

Readers suggest rest for the mind as well as the body, and honesty on the days when the brightness is an effort.

Light and dark yellow

Yellow is already pale, so a lighter version has little room left: #F2DF9A reaches L* 89 from the swatch’s 81. The darker version, #806C27 at L* 46, is where the color really changes, keeping the hue and nearly all the purity.

Light yellow · #F2DF9A · L* 89

Read as a softer form of the same reading: confidence, wit and visible enjoyment.

Dark yellow · #806C27 · L* 46

Read as brightness kept up past the point of honesty — the strained version.

Questions about the yellow aura

What does a yellow aura mean?

Confidence, wit and visible enjoyment. The shadow side is brightness kept up past the point of honesty.

Is yellow a real color of light?

Yes, though only just: yellow is a 20 nm sliver of the spectrum, 570–590 nanometres. No other aura color's band overlaps even half of that range.

Which chakra is yellow?

The solar plexus chakra. It is one of 8 aura colors out of 31 that map onto a chakra at all.

How rare is a yellow aura?

Auras have never been counted, so rarity cannot be measured. Interest can: yellow sits between purple and red in searches, 9th of 31 colors at 5.7%.

The seven chakras and their colors →

Aura colors read alongside yellow

Colors people look up about as often as yellow:

White Purple Red Orange

All 31 colors, with wavelengths →

Band 570–590 nm, width 20 nm. Swatch #E8C547, dominant wavelength 576 nm. How this was produced →

Sources

  1. Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms (London, 1905), “The Meaning of the Colours”

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