colour.colorimetry.lightness_CIE1976¶
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colour.colorimetry.
lightness_CIE1976
(Y, Y_n=100)[source]¶ Returns the Lightness \(L^*\) of given luminance \(Y\) using given reference white luminance \(Y_n\) as per CIE 1976 recommendation.
Parameters: - Y (numeric or array_like) – luminance \(Y\).
- Y_n (numeric or array_like, optional) – White reference luminance \(Y_n\).
Returns: Lightness \(L^*\).
Return type: numeric or array_like
Notes
Domain Scale - Reference Scale - 1 Y
[0, 100] [0, 1] Range Scale - Reference Scale - 1 L_star
[0, 100] [0, 1] References
Examples
>>> lightness_CIE1976(12.19722535) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS 41.5278758...