Limelight (BM 2025-40)
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Limelight (BM 2025-40) is a light, warm green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 68.1, so it reflects about 68 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Limelight
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Limelight by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Limelight, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Primavera | SW 9031 | 60 | 8.0 | clearly different |
| Behr | Citron | 400B-4 | 69.5 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Citrus Tickle | 6008-9C | 66 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Fresh Lemonade | 1216-5 | 76 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Limelight (LRV 68.1) by LRV.
Lighter than Limelight
Darker than Limelight
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2025-40 |
| Hex | #E1E465 |
| RGB | 225, 228, 101 |
| HSL | 61°, 70%, 65% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 68.1 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.2, -17.4, 60.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Limelight (BM 2025-40), published as #E1E465
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Limelight (BM 2025-40)?
- Limelight has an LRV of 68.1. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Limelight is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Limelight in another brand?
- Citron (Behr 400B-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 2.8 (noticeably different).
- Is Limelight warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Limelight as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 60.4; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.