Trailing Vine
DE5541 · #CFD5A7 · LRV 59 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Trailing Vine59
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Trailing Vine, Really?
Trailing Vine reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5541 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Trailing Vine
Trailing Vine 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Trailing Vine
At LRV 59, Trailing Vine 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 Trailing Vine 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 DE5541 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 | RomaineSW 6730 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Avocado WhipM360-3 · Behr | 2.7 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sienna Laurel536 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sunlit LeafV058-2 · Valspar | 2.5 | 66.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | True to YouPPG1118-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.8 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Spring Cactus90YY 62/264 · Glidden | 1.4 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Trailing Vine 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 #CFD5A7 in HSL space. Pair Trailing Vine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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