Celery Sticks
90YY 72/225 · #E1E2B6 · LRV 72 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Celery Sticks, Really?
Celery Sticks reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 90YY 72/225 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Celery Sticks
Celery Sticks 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 Celery Sticks
At LRV 72, Celery Sticks 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 Celery Sticks 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 Glidden 90YY 72/225 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 | Lime GranitaSW 6715 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Behr | Willow Herb370E-3 · Behr | 1.8 | 75 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Stanhope Yellow380 · Benjamin Moore | 3.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Frosty MargaritaV021-1 · Valspar | 1.7 | 75.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Aloe VeraPPG1222-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pistachio Shell226-1DB · Dutch Boy | 3.0 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Celery Sticks within Glidden'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 #E1E2B6 in HSL space. Pair Celery Sticks with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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