A polyamide resin which comprises a diamine unit containing 70 mol% or more of a paraxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit containing 70 mol% or more of a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and which has a phosphorus atom concentration of from 50 to 1,000 ppm and a YI value of 10 or less in the color difference test in accordance with JIS-K-7105.
