Sugar Cookie
DE5450 · #F2E2A4 · LRV 71 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Sugar Cookie, Really?
Sugar Cookie reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5450 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sugar Cookie
Sugar Cookie 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 Sugar Cookie
At LRV 71, Sugar Cookie 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 Sugar Cookie 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 DE5450 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 | Optimistic YellowSW 6900 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 76 | Color page → |
| Behr | Lily BulbP320-3 · Behr | 0.5 | 77 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Hawthorne YellowHC-4 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Dainty DaisyV018-1 · Valspar | 1.1 | 77.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Butterfly BushPPG1214-4 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 77 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Butterfly BushPPG1214-4 · Glidden | 0.5 | 77 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Sugar Cookie 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 #F2E2A4 in HSL space. Pair Sugar Cookie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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