Frosting on the Cake
V047-3 · #FFBF89 · LRV 60.7 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Frosting on the Cake60.7
- 4Naive Peach69
- 5Juno Peach74
What Color Is Frosting on the Cake, Really?
Frosting on the Cake reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar V047-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Frosting on the Cake
Frosting on the Cake 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 Frosting on the Cake
At LRV 60.7, Frosting on the Cake 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 Frosting on the Cake 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 Valspar V047-3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Dainty ApricotP220-4 · Behr | 2.1 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Seville Oranges131 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 55 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ZingPPG1203-5 · PPG / Glidden | 5.0 | 60 | Color page → |
| Glidden | ZingPPG1203-5 · Glidden | 4.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Juicy Jax110-4DB · Dutch Boy | 2.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Savannah SunDE5165 · Dunn-Edwards | 2.9 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Frosting on the Cake within Valspar'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 #FFBF89 in HSL space. Pair Frosting on the Cake with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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