How to Mix Naples Yellow in Oil
A soft, opaque creamy yellow. Historically loved for skin and stone. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #E5C88A in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Naples Yellow
#E5C88A
Mixed result
96% matchFrom these pigments
#EECE8E
Pigment recipe
Checked August 2026
Ratios calibrated for oil. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.
1. Titanium White
PW6
87%2. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
13%
What colors make Naples Yellow?
Titanium White and Burnt Sienna, in roughly a 87:13 ratio.
How to make Naples Yellow in oil
Start with Titanium White at about 87% as your oil base, then work in Burnt Sienna in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #E5C88A.
Why mix Naples Yellow instead of buying it
Mixing Naples Yellow yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Naples Yellow across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.
Common mistakes
White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Naples Yellow + oil pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Related mixing guides
Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.