Match Honey Bees
Sherwin-Williams Honey Bees is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 70. 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.
Honey Bees reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), 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 7-point LRV gap (70 vs 64) makes Honey Bees the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Lemon Drizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (70 vs 64) makes Honey Bees the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 73 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 58), opening up a space where Sunlight encloses it. At ΔE 8.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Joy the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 45), opening up a space where Sand yellow encloses it. At ΔE 18.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Honey Bees is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 22.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (70 vs 65) makes Honey Bees the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 26.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Honey Bees reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 29.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.