Friendly Yellow (SW 6680)
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Friendly Yellow (SW 6680) is a light, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Friendly Yellow
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Friendly Yellow 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 Friendly Yellow, 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 | Mushroom Cap | 177 | 73.1 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Calla | PPU6-12 | 75 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Shoreline | 3006-6B | 75 | 1.8 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Dusty Yellow | 1209-3 | 75 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Friendly Yellow (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Friendly Yellow
Darker than Friendly Yellow
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6680 |
| Hex | #F5E0B1 |
| RGB | 245, 224, 177 |
| HSL | 41°, 77%, 83% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.8, 0.2, 25.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Friendly Yellow (SW 6680), published as #F5E0B1
#E5D6B0
#FFEAB0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Friendly Yellow (SW 6680)?
- Friendly Yellow has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Friendly Yellow is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Friendly Yellow in another brand?
- Dusty Yellow (PPG 1209-3) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Friendly Yellow warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Friendly Yellow as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 25.7; 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.