Sunny Side Up (SW 9665)
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Sunny Side Up (SW 9665) is a light, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 65, so it reflects about 65 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sunny Side Up
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sunny Side Up 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 Sunny Side Up, 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 | Golden Groves | 313 | 62.6 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Squash Blossom | P290-5 | 69.3 | 1.6 | very close |
| Valspar | Sweet Lemon | 3006-3B | 61 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Beach Party | 1211-6 | 66 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Sunny Side Up (LRV 65) by LRV.
Lighter than Sunny Side Up
Darker than Sunny Side Up
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9665 |
| Hex | #F7CE65 |
| RGB | 247, 206, 101 |
| HSL | 43°, 90%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 65 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 84.4, 2.6, 56.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sunny Side Up (SW 9665), published as #F7CE65
#E8C465
#FFD863
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sunny Side Up (SW 9665)?
- Sunny Side Up has an LRV of 65. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sunny Side Up is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sunny Side Up in another brand?
- Sweet Lemon (Valspar 3006-3B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Sunny Side Up warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sunny Side Up as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 56.6; 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.