Canary Grass
PPG1114-3 · #CFCBA9 · LRV 59 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Canary Grass59
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Canary Grass, Really?
Canary Grass reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1114-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Canary Grass
Canary Grass 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 Canary Grass
At LRV 59, Canary Grass 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 Canary Grass 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1114-3 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 | Baize GreenSW 6429 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.0 | 59 | Color page → |
| Behr | Oat Straw740C-3 · Behr | 0.9 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Harbor Town493 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Archisa8003-28C · Valspar | 0.5 | 58 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Canary GrassPPG1114-3 · Glidden | 0.4 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Farm Eggs323-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.8 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Canary Grass within PPG / 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 #CFCBA9 in HSL space. Pair Canary Grass with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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