Gourmet Honey
DE6150 · #E3CBA8 · LRV 58 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Gourmet Honey58
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Gourmet Honey, Really?
Gourmet Honey reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE6150 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Gourmet Honey
Gourmet Honey 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 Gourmet Honey
At LRV 58, Gourmet Honey 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 Gourmet Honey 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 DE6150 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 | SundewSW 7688 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Dried PlantainUL150-6 · Behr | 0.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Yellow Squash2161-50 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 60 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Touch of TanV090-2 · Valspar | 2.0 | 64.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | HearthPPG1093-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.2 | 61 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Prairie House Cream30YY 60/205 · Glidden | 1.4 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Gourmet Honey 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 #E3CBA8 in HSL space. Pair Gourmet Honey with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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