Dayroom Yellow vs RAL 280-1
Where Dayroom Yellow belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, RAL 280-1 is a RAL Effect color. Dayroom Yellow reads as beige-yellow, while RAL 280-1 reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (75 vs 75), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 5.6 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dayroom Yellow vs RAL 280-1 in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Dayroom Yellow and RAL 280-1 are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Dayroom Yellow vs RAL 280-1 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dayroom Yellow on one side and RAL 280-1 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 Dayroom Yellow comparisons
See how Dayroom Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Dayroom Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 6, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 52, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 58, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 27, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 55, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 13, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 44, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (75 vs 66) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 8, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 45, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.