I would say that the way this works has less to do with the physics of the light than it has to do with your perception. I'm not very good at physics, but I've done some perceptive psychology, and you'd be amazed at what the eye can be convinced into seeing.
I've no doubt that the effect of a yellow filter on your BF2 skills is likely to be less pronounced than it is on real-world skills, but I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't be there, the principle is the same: the enhanched contrast makes targets easier to spot. That much of it has fairly little to do with the physics of light wavelenghts/frequencies, and much more to do with sensory interpretation.
I've no doubt that the effect of a yellow filter on your BF2 skills is likely to be less pronounced than it is on real-world skills, but I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't be there, the principle is the same: the enhanched contrast makes targets easier to spot. That much of it has fairly little to do with the physics of light wavelenghts/frequencies, and much more to do with sensory interpretation.