Match Sulfur Yellow
Benjamin Moore Sulfur Yellow is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 49. 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 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (53 vs 49) makes Honey Nut the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Hummus reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 49) makes Madeleine the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (53 vs 49) makes Pine Nut the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Hay reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 49 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Velvet reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (53 vs 49) makes RAL 280-3 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 65 vs 49, Straw is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 14.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 49 vs 33, Sulfur Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 18.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.