Match Honey Nut
Dulux Honey Nut is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 53. 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.
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.
With LRVs of 53 and 50, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (53 vs 50) makes Honey Nut the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Golden Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Honey Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Honey Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 18.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.