Peace Yellow
SW 2857 · #EECF9E · LRV 65 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honey Tea52
- 2Tuscan Sun60
- 3Peace Yellow65
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Peace Yellow, Really?
Peace Yellow reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 2857 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Peace Yellow
Peace 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 Peace Yellow
At LRV 65, Peace 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 Peace 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 2857 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 | 1.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Harvest Time186 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | OktoberfestM108 · Valspar | 0.5 | 66.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Toffee CrunchPPG1207-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Toffee CrunchPPG1207-4 · Glidden | 1.2 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Toasted Yellow113-3DB · Dutch Boy | 0.7 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Peace 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 #EECF9E in HSL space. Pair Peace Yellow with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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