Olive Oil
DE5506 · #E2DCAB · LRV 65 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honey Tea52
- 2Tuscan Sun60
- 3Olive Oil65
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Olive Oil, Really?
Olive Oil reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5506 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Olive Oil
Olive Oil 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 Olive Oil
At LRV 65, Olive Oil 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 Olive Oil 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 DE5506 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 | Wild LimeSW 9668 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 72 | Color page → |
| Behr | TonicP360-3 · Behr | 1.7 | 70 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Lime SherbetCSP-845 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 67 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lemon FennelM248 · Valspar | 2.5 | 68.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Star BrightPPG1109-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft Burnished Gold60YY 67/251 · Glidden | 1.9 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Olive Oil 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 #E2DCAB in HSL space. Pair Olive Oil with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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