Match Buttered Yam
Benjamin Moore Buttered Yam is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 25. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 23), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 25 and 23, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 27 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Mexican Spirit reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Butter Rum reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Buttered Yam reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (31 vs 25) makes Pinch of Clove the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 7-point LRV gap (25 vs 18) makes Buttered Yam the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Frosted Papaya reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Bella reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 25), opening up a space where Buttered Yam encloses it. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (31 vs 25) makes Beeswax the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 8-point LRV gap (33 vs 25) makes S 3030-Y30R the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 17.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 28 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 18.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.