Toasted Honey (Valspar 2006-1B)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Toasted Honey (Valspar 2006-1B) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 47, so it reflects about 47 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toasted Honey
Four Valspar colors picked for Toasted Honey by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, 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 Toasted Honey, 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 | Summer Day | SW 6662 | 47 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Orange Appeal | 124 | 43.9 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | November Gold | PPH-05 | 52.4 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Goldfish | 1203-6 | 50 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Toasted Honey (LRV 47) by LRV.
Lighter than Toasted Honey
Darker than Toasted Honey
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2006-1B |
| Hex | #EFA861 |
| RGB | 239, 168, 97 |
| HSL | 30°, 82%, 66% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 47 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 74.3, 19.0, 46.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toasted Honey (Valspar 2006-1B), published as #EFA861
#E09E61
#FEB25F
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Valspar
More from Valspar
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toasted Honey (Valspar 2006-1B)?
- Toasted Honey has an LRV of 47. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Toasted Honey is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Toasted Honey in another brand?
- Goldfish (PPG 1203-6) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.7 (very close).
- Is Toasted Honey warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Toasted Honey as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 46.6; 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.