Delafossite-type CuYO2 and CuY1-xCaxO2 (x <= 0.05) samples exhibited a green-PL-emission band due to the Cu+ interconfiguration transition from 3d(9)4s(1) to 3d(10) at room temperature. With increasing Ca concentration, the Cu+ emission shifted slightly to the. shorter-wavelength side with a slightly weaker emission intensity. This slight change in Cu+ emission property is considered to be caused by the increase in hole concentration within the Cu+ layer arising from the increase in Ca concentration. On the other hand, oxygen-annealed CuYO2 samples exhibited no emissions. The increase in nonradiative relaxation processes in the oxygen-annealed CuYO2 samples is possibly related to structural changes such as orthorhombic distortion during the oxygen annealing. In the photoluminescence of delafossite-type CuY1-yTbyO2 (y = 0.05) at room temperature, no Cu+ emission band was observed, but sharp emission lines were observed. All the emission lines were assigned to the f-f transitions of Tb3+ (D-5(4)-> F-7(J), J = 3-6).