Grilled Cheese
0940 · #FFC85F · LRV 63 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Chilled Wine41
- 2Honey Tea52
- 3Grilled Cheese63
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Grilled Cheese, Really?
Grilled Cheese reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 0940 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Grilled Cheese
Grilled Cheese 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 Grilled Cheese
At LRV 63, Grilled Cheese 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 Grilled Cheese 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 Kompozit 0940 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 | SundanceSW 6897 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.0 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Spiced Butternut310B-5 · Behr | 0.3 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Happily Ever After173 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 60 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Golden Butter3002-1C · Valspar | 2.3 | 68.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Honey PotPPG1205-6 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Honey PotPPG1205-6 · Glidden | 0.6 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Grilled Cheese within Kompozit'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 #FFC85F in HSL space. Pair Grilled Cheese with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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