Lucent Yellow
SW 6400 · #E4D0A5 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Chilled Wine41
- 2Honey Tea52
- 3Lucent Yellow64
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Lucent Yellow, Really?
Lucent Yellow reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6400 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Lucent Yellow
Lucent Yellow 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 Lucent Yellow
At LRV 64, Lucent Yellow 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 Lucent Yellow 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 6400 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 | Harmonious GoldM300-3 · Behr | 2.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Desert Tan2153-50 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | So CloseM138 · Valspar | 1.7 | 65 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | FoothillsPPG1105-4 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | FoothillsPPG1105-4 · Glidden | 0.8 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Just a Dash220-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.5 | 65 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Lucent Yellow 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 #E4D0A5 in HSL space. Pair Lucent Yellow with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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