Delicious Melon
SW 6653 · #F5C894 · LRV 63 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Delicious Melon63
- 4Naive Peach69
- 5Juno Peach74
What Color Is Delicious Melon, Really?
Delicious Melon reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6653 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Delicious Melon
Delicious Melon 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Delicious Melon
At LRV 63, Delicious Melon 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 Delicious Melon 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 Sherwin-Williams SW 6653 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Lunch BoxM260-4 · Behr | 1.3 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Crestwood Tan116 · Benjamin Moore | 3.0 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Burnished GoldV050-2 · Valspar | 0.8 | 60.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Toffee CrunchPPG1207-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.7 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Orange Sherbet98YR 65/333 · Glidden | 2.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Reminiscent111-4DB · Dutch Boy | 0.5 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Delicious Melon within Sherwin-Williams'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 #F5C894 in HSL space. Pair Delicious Melon with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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