Cabbage Green
226-3DB · #C1C68D · LRV 54 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Cabbage Green54
- 4Morning Zen60
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Cabbage Green, Really?
Cabbage Green reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 226-3DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cabbage Green
Cabbage Green 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 Cabbage Green
At LRV 54, Cabbage Green 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 Cabbage Green 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 Dutch Boy 226-3DB 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 | Dancing GreenSW 6716 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | Modish MossBIC-27 · Behr | 2.3 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Shades of Spring537 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Frozen MargueritaP094 · Valspar | 4.5 | 52 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Essence Of Spring90YY 52/303 · Glidden | 0.3 | 52 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Lime PeelDET500 · Dunn-Edwards | 3.8 | 51 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Cabbage Green within Dutch Boy'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 #C1C68D in HSL space. Pair Cabbage Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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