Amber Rose (Valspar 2003-3B)

Amber Rose Valspar 2003-3B#DB8478, LRV 33
Living room with walls painted Valspar Amber Rose 2003-3B (simulated)
Living room, walls in Amber Rose

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Amber Rose (Valspar 2003-3B) is a deep, warm orange from Valspar: LRV 33, so it reflects about 33 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Amber Rose

Four Valspar colors picked for Amber Rose by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.

Closest match in every other brand

Each brand's closest color to Amber Rose, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsLei FlowerSW 6613303.1noticeably different
Benjamin MoorePink FlamingoCSP-1175342.9noticeably different
BehrMellow Coral170D-535.21.6very close
PPG PaintsCranapple1190-5322.0very close

Lighter and darker in Valspar

Color data

BrandValspar
Color code2003-3B
Hex#DB8478
RGB219, 132, 120
HSL7°, 58%, 66%
LRV (light reflectance value)33
Lab L*, a*, b*64.1, 32.1, 20.8
UndertoneWarm Yellow-Red
Temperaturewarm
Color familyOrange

Same paint, two kinds of light

Amber Rose (Valspar 2003-3B), published as #DB8478

North light (cool, indirect)
#CC7B77
South light (warm, direct)
#EB8D77

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Amber Rose (Valspar 2003-3B)?
Amber Rose has an LRV of 33. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Amber Rose is a deep color.
What is the closest match to Amber Rose in another brand?
Mellow Coral (Behr 170D-5) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.6 (very close).
Is Amber Rose warm or cool?
Valspar lists Amber Rose as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 20.8; 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.

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