The equations are available in most textbooks on colorimetry, such as Berns'"Principles of Color Technology, 3rd Ed.". You will have to first convert the CIELAB coordinates back to CIE XYZ values and then compute the yellowness and whiteness indices you are interested in (there are several) from there. More.
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