Corn Silk
C2-864 · #E3D5B3 · LRV 67 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Corn Silk67
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Corn Silk, Really?
Corn Silk reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how C2 Paint C2-864 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Corn Silk
Corn Silk 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 Corn Silk
At LRV 67, Corn Silk 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 Corn Silk 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 C2 Paint C2-864 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 | Rice PaddySW 6414 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Journal WhiteS310-2 · Behr | 2.3 | 67 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Cornice TanCW-115 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Meadow Dew8003-24B · Valspar | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Caramelized PearsPPG1105-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | LoofahPPG1094-2 · Glidden | 1.8 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar C2 Paint Colors
The nearest shades to Corn Silk within C2 Paint'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 #E3D5B3 in HSL space. Pair Corn Silk with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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