Match Golden Light
Benjamin Moore Golden Light is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 71. 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.
With LRVs of 73 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 73 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Lemon Filling reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Golden Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Golden Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (80 vs 71) makes Vanilla Ice Cream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 83 vs 71, Buttercup Fool 5 is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Golden Light reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 58), opening up a space where Ivory encloses it. At ΔE 10.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Golden Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 21.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.