J578_201207 Color Specification

Revised

07/20/2012

Features
Issuing Committee
Scope
Content
This SAE Standard defines and provides a means for the control of colors employed in motor vehicle external lighting equipment, including lamps and reflex reflectors. The document applies to the overall effective color of light emitted by the device in any given direction and not to the color of the light from a small area of the lens. It does not apply to pilot, indicator, or tell-tale lights.
Rationale
Content
In this revision the following boundaries were harmonized with the ECE fog lighting requirements as specified in UNECE Regulation 48:
  1. -
    the specification for Selective Yellow was changed to the ECE requirements. The boundary y = 0.966 − x was replaced with the pair of boundaries y = 0.440 and y = 0.940 − x.
  2. -
    the specification for White to Yellow was removed.
Figure 1 was updated accordingly.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/J578_201207
Pages
6
Citation
SAE International Technical Standard, Color Specification, SAE Standard J578_201207, Revised July 2012, Issued January 1942, https://doi.org/10.4271/J578_201207.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Jul 20, 2012
Product Code
J578_201207
Content Type
Technical Standard
Status
Revised
Language
English