Soft Gold
30YY 64/331 · #F0D196 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Chilled Wine41
- 2Honey Tea52
- 3Soft Gold64
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Soft Gold, Really?
Soft Gold reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 30YY 64/331 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Gold
Soft Gold 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 Soft Gold
At LRV 64, Soft Gold is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Soft Gold 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 30YY 64/331 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 | Sunbeam YellowSW 78 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Honey Butter320C-3 · Behr | 1.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Yellow TopazCSP-945 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Canary Diamond3008-6B · Valspar | 1.7 | 68.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Toffee CrunchPPG1207-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | River Birch Bark319-3DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 69 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Gold 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 #F0D196 in HSL space. Pair Soft Gold with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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