Adventure Orange (SW 6655)
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Adventure Orange (SW 6655) is a medium, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 42, so it reflects about 42 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Adventure Orange
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Adventure Orange by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Adventure Orange, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Antelope Canyon | 125 | 42.8 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Adventure Orange | 270D-5 | 45.2 | 2.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Toasted Coffee | 2008-3B | 43 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cornucopia | 1203-7 | 42 | 4.0 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Adventure Orange (LRV 42) by LRV.
Lighter than Adventure Orange
Darker than Adventure Orange
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6655 |
| Hex | #E69F5F |
| RGB | 230, 159, 95 |
| HSL | 28°, 73%, 64% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 42 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 71.2, 19.9, 43.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Adventure Orange (SW 6655), published as #E69F5F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Adventure Orange (SW 6655)?
- Adventure Orange has an LRV of 42. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Adventure Orange is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Adventure Orange in another brand?
- Toasted Coffee (Valspar 2008-3B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Adventure Orange warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Adventure Orange as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 43.6; 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.