Powdered Gold
S300-2 · #E8D2B1 · LRV 66 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Powdered Gold66
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Powdered Gold, Really?
Powdered Gold reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr S300-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Powdered Gold
Powdered Gold 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 Powdered Gold
At LRV 66, Powdered Gold 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 Powdered Gold 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 S300-2 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 | TravertineSW 7722 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Chamois1108 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Gentle Fawn8003-21B · Valspar | 0.8 | 66 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Tuscan BreadPPG1092-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 66 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Tuscan BreadPPG1092-3 · Glidden | 1.5 | 66 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Early Light314-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.9 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Powdered Gold 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 #E8D2B1 in HSL space. Pair Powdered Gold with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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