Natural Spring
QE-33 · #D3D4C7 · LRV 65 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Palladian Blue60
- 3Natural Spring65
- 4Glass Slipper70
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Natural Spring, Really?
Natural Spring reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr QE-33 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Natural Spring
Natural Spring 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Natural Spring
At LRV 65, Natural Spring is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Natural Spring 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 QE-33 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 | Filmy GreenSW 6190 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.6 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Silver Sage506 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tea Stain6001-1A · Valspar | 1.9 | 64.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | StaticPPG14-11 · PPG / Glidden | 1.7 | 64 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft Meadow10GY 64/065 · Glidden | 0.6 | 64 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Zephyr Breeze422-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.3 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Natural Spring 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 #D3D4C7 in HSL space. Pair Natural Spring with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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