Celebration
MQ4-13A · #E6C17A · LRV 56 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Peristyle Brass30
- 2Chilled Wine41
- 3Celebration56
- 4Jackfruit62
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Celebration, Really?
Celebration reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr MQ4-13A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Celebration
Celebration is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Celebration
At LRV 56, Celebration is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Celebration are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr MQ4-13A directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Bee's WaxSW 7682 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | York Harbour Yellow2154-40 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Swiftly Green3008-5C · Valspar | 2.0 | 54.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Autumn GlowPPG1106-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Autumn GlowPPG1106-3 · Glidden | 1.3 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Suebee Honey215-3DB · Dutch Boy | 4.6 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Celebration within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E6C17A in HSL space. Pair Celebration with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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