Daylilly Yellow vs Livid
Where Daylilly Yellow belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Daylilly Yellow reads as beige-yellow, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Daylilly Yellow has an LRV of 87. With a ΔE of 45.8, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Daylilly Yellow vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Daylilly Yellow and Livid in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Daylilly Yellow vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Daylilly Yellow on one side and Livid on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Daylilly Yellow comparisons
See how Daylilly Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes Daylilly Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 87 vs 6, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 52, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 58, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 27, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 55, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 13, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 44, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 66, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 74, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes Daylilly Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 12, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 8, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 68, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 12, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 45, Daylilly Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Daylilly Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.