Calla Lily
DE5498 · #ECE6C8 · LRV 73 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Calla Lily73
- 4Shoelace78
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Calla Lily, Really?
Calla Lily reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5498 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Calla Lily
Calla Lily 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 Calla Lily
At LRV 73, Calla Lily 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 Calla Lily 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 Dunn-Edwards DE5498 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 | VanillinSW 6371 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.9 | 78 | Color page → |
| Behr | Proper TemperatureM310-2 · Behr | 0.9 | 78 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Hawthorne Green379 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 79 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Swan Dance8003-26A · Valspar | 1.3 | 79 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SoleilPPG1093-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.7 | 78 | Color page → |
| Glidden | SoleilPPG1093-2 · Glidden | 2.2 | 79 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Calla Lily within Dunn-Edwards'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 #ECE6C8 in HSL space. Pair Calla Lily with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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