Acorn Yellow
Benjamin Moore Acorn Yellow (2161-40) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its beige and yellow classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#CDA87FLRV
41.31
Coordinating Colors
Cream Froth reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 41), opening up a space where Acorn Yellow encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 16, Acorn Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 41, White Down is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 41), opening up a space where Acorn Yellow encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 44 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 41 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Creamy Custard reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 41 vs 19, Acorn Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Acorn Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Acorn Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 14), opening up a space where Nocturnal Gray encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 17, Acorn Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Acorn Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 22), opening up a space where Normandy encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 41, Feather Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Acorn Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Richmond Bisque reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 41), opening up a space where Acorn Yellow encloses it.
With LRVs of 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wilmington Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 41, Moccasin is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
At LRV 41 vs 23, Acorn Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 41 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 12-point LRV gap (41 vs 29) makes Acorn Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Acorn Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Acorn Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
With its delicate russet tones, this autumnal mid-tone brings to mind decadent root vegetables.