Broadway Lights (BM 298)
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Broadway Lights (BM 298) is a light, warm yellow from Benjamin Moore: LRV 63.6, so it reflects about 64 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Broadway Lights
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Broadway Lights by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, 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 Broadway Lights, 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 | Yellow Bird | SW 9022 | 64 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Wildflower Honey | 350B-6 | 71 | 1.9 | very close |
| Valspar | Amber Pearl | 3006-3C | 68 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Firelight | 1211-5 | 71 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore yellow colors nearest to Broadway Lights (LRV 63.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Broadway Lights
Darker than Broadway Lights
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 298 |
| Hex | #F3D27F |
| RGB | 243, 210, 127 |
| HSL | 43°, 83%, 73% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.3, 1.1, 45.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Broadway Lights (BM 298), published as #F3D27F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Broadway Lights (BM 298)?
- Broadway Lights has an LRV of 63.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Broadway Lights is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Broadway Lights in another brand?
- Amber Pearl (Valspar 3006-3C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Broadway Lights warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Broadway Lights as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 45.2; 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.