Match Naples Yellow
Sherwin-Williams Naples Yellow is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 69. 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.
Naples Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), 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 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Naples Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Naples Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Lemon Tropics reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Naples Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Naples Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 15.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Naples Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Velvet encloses it. At ΔE 15.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Naples Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 69 vs 33, Naples Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 26.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.