Flower of Oahu
1000 · #F5DEC4 · LRV 74 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Pale Oak69
- 3Flower of Oahu74
- 4Dover White83
- 5Moonlit Beach88
What Color Is Flower of Oahu, Really?
Flower of Oahu reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Hirshfield's 1000 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Flower of Oahu
Flower of Oahu 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Flower of Oahu
At LRV 74, Flower of Oahu 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 Flower of Oahu 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 Hirshfield's 1000 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 | Impressive IvorySW 7560 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.7 | 76 | Color page → |
| Behr | Phoenix VillaBXC-74 · Behr | 1.6 | 76 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pale Oats2166-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.5 | 76 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Dulce de Leche8002-19A · Valspar | 0.8 | 75 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Peach DipPPG1203-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Peach DipPPG1203-3 · Glidden | 2.1 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar Hirshfield's Colors
The nearest shades to Flower of Oahu within Hirshfield's'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 #F5DEC4 in HSL space. Pair Flower of Oahu with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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