Match Hay Bale
Dulux Hay Bale is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 68. 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 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
York White reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Beauvais Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (71 vs 68) makes Oyster white the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (71 vs 68) makes Vanilla Latte the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.