Honey Bees
Honey Bees is a Yellow paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#FBD682
LRV
70.14
Honey Bees's Color Strip
Honey Bees is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Sunny Veranda and Golden Plumeria. The strip spans from They call it Mellow at the lightest end to Cheerful at the deepest. As part of strip 134, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Honey Bees in Rooms
Follow Honey Bees from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Mudroom Photos
These 2 mudroom images show how Honey Bees (9018) can sit beside flooring, storage, timber, baskets and hardware. The beige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Mudroom walls in Honey Bees brighten high-traffic utility spaces efficiently.
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Mudroom finished Honey Bees creates cheerful, practical work areas.
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1 Misc Photo
Honey Bees (9018) brings its yellow character into an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. Its brighter saturation allows the hue to remain present rather than fading quietly into the background.
Walls painted Honey Bees add subtle warmth to everyday spaces.
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Coordinating Colors
Full Moon reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 70 vs 34, Honey Bees is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Full Moon reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (70 vs 64) makes Honey Bees the marginally brighter of the two.
Honey Bees reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sunny Veranda reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Liberty Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 8), opening up a space where Frank Blue encloses it.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 6), opening up a space where Honorable Blue encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 7, Honey Bees is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Honey Bees is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes They call it Mellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (76 vs 70) makes La Luna Amarilla the marginally brighter of the two.
Sunny Veranda reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Honey Bees reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 50), opening up a space where Gusto Gold encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (70 vs 65) makes Honey Bees the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 70 vs 50, Honey Bees is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This bright, golden yellow is spun from pure sunlight. Add a vibrant, heart-warming glow to any space in your home.