Honeypot
Honeypot is a bright and airy Yellow from Sherwin-Williams. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to maximize natural light while maintaining a clean, neutral backdrop. Below, you'll find 3 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#F6DEB3
LRV
74.88
Honeypot in Real Rooms
Honeypot has a high LRV of 74.88 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Yellow family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom.
3 Bathroom Photos
The interaction between Honeypot and steam or humidity creates a beautiful, diffused atmosphere in a bathroom. It's a color that feels "alive," shifting slightly in character as the environment changes during a hot shower or a long soak.
Bathroom walls in Honeypot provide warm, nurturing golden comfort.
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Bathroom painted Honeypot creates rich, spa-like warmth and luxury.
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Bathroom space in Honeypot delivers warmth with contemporary polish.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 90 vs 75, White Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Honeypot reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 12), opening up a space where Azure Tide encloses it.
Honeypot reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 22), opening up a space where Going Grey encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 75 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 76 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
They call it Mellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Honeypot reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Honeypot reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Honeypot reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 75 vs 61, Honeypot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 42, Honeypot is decisively the brighter choice.
Honeypot reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 45), opening up a space where Blue Beyond encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Lemon Chiffon the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes Honeypot the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 75 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Honeypot reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Honeypot reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 53), opening up a space where Olden Amber encloses it.
Honeypot reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.