Soft Skills
P011 · #E9C19A · LRV 57.6 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Soft Skills57.6
- 4Belvedere Cream65
- 5Pumpkin Mousse71
What Color Is Soft Skills, Really?
Soft Skills reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar P011 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Skills
Soft Skills 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 Soft Skills
At LRV 57.6, Soft Skills 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 Soft Skills 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 P011 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 | SociableSW 6359 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | TostadaS270-3 · Behr | 1.4 | 58 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Tucson Tan1144 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Faint FawnPPG1089-4 · PPG / Glidden | 4.3 | 58 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sweet Melon90YR 55/266 · Glidden | 2.5 | 55 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sunwashed Orange312-3DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Skills 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 #E9C19A in HSL space. Pair Soft Skills with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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