Antique Yellow vs RAL 780-4
Antique Yellow is a Jotun color while RAL 780-4 comes from RAL Effect. Antique Yellow reads as beige-yellow, while RAL 780-4 reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. With LRVs of 49 and 47, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.6, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Antique Yellow vs RAL 780-4 in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Antique Yellow and RAL 780-4 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.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Antique Yellow vs RAL 780-4 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Antique Yellow on one side and RAL 780-4 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 Antique Yellow comparisons
See how Antique Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 49), opening up a space where Antique Yellow encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 49, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 6, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Antique Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (58 vs 49) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 27, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Antique Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Antique Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 13, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Antique Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 49), opening up a space where Antique Yellow encloses it.
Antique Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 49, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 8, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Antique Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Antique Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Antique Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Antique Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.