Frosted Toffee
S270-1 · #F1DBBF · LRV 73 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Frosted Toffee73
- 4Shoelace78
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Frosted Toffee, Really?
Frosted Toffee reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr S270-1 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Frosted Toffee
Frosted Toffee 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Frosted Toffee
At LRV 73, Frosted Toffee 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 Frosted Toffee 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 S270-1 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 | NaperySW 6386 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Heartsmere1114 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Simple Pleasures3003-6C · Valspar | 1.2 | 72.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Peach DipPPG1203-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Peachlight10YY 72/172 · Glidden | 1.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | French Custard315-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Frosted Toffee 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 #F1DBBF in HSL space. Pair Frosted Toffee with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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