Pumpkin Butter
2007-1B · #FFAA3E · LRV 51.5 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Pumpkin Butter51.5
- 4Colonial Yellow59
- 5Belvedere Cream65
What Color Is Pumpkin Butter, Really?
Pumpkin Butter reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 2007-1B behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pumpkin Butter
Pumpkin Butter 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 Pumpkin Butter
At LRV 51.5, Pumpkin Butter 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 Pumpkin Butter 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 2007-1B 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 | NasturtiumSW 6899 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.0 | 50 | Color page → |
| Behr | Glorious Gold300B-6 · Behr | 2.5 | 52 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Mango Punch154 · Benjamin Moore | 3.1 | 47 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Egyptian Sun04YY 51/583 · Glidden | 3.0 | 51 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Golden Fish112-5DB · Dutch Boy | 3.0 | 50 | Color page → |
| HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | Summer SunflowerHGSW 1162 · HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | 4.3 | 50 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Pumpkin Butter 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 #FFAA3E in HSL space. Pair Pumpkin Butter with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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