ALnO 3 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba; Ln = Ce, Pr, Tb) were synthesized as environmentally friendly inorganic yellow pigments by a conventional solid state reaction. SrCeO 3 , BaCeO 3 , BaPrO 3 , SrTbO 3 and BaTbO 3 were obtained in a single phase form. Among them, the color of SrTbO 3 and BaTbO 3 were bright yellow, because of the strong optical absorption in the blue light region. The yellowness values of SrTbO 3 and BaTbO 3 expressed in a color coordinate were comparable to those of praseodymium yellow (ZrSiO 4 :Pr) and bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ), respectively. Furthermore, the yellow color of SrTbO 3 is more greenish than that of ZrSiO 4 :Pr, and BaTbO 3 showed a purer yellow color as compared with BiVO 4 .