Highlight Gold
DEC731 · #DFC16D · LRV 51 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Highlight Gold, Really?
Highlight Gold reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DEC731 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Highlight Gold
Highlight 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. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Highlight Gold
At LRV 51, Highlight 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 Highlight 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 Dunn-Edwards DEC731 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 | Quilt GoldSW 6696 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | MidoriP330-5 · Behr | 2.9 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Hannah BananaCSP-955 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Swiftly Green3008-5C · Valspar | 1.7 | 54.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Turner's YellowPPG1106-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.7 | 56 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Tropical SiestaPPG1107-5 · Glidden | 1.2 | 54 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Highlight Gold 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 #DFC16D in HSL space. Pair Highlight Gold with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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