Soft Duckling (Valspar 3001-2A)
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Soft Duckling (Valspar 3001-2A) is a light, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 68, so it reflects about 68 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Duckling
Four Valspar colors picked for Soft Duckling 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 Soft Duckling, 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 | Golden Plumeria | SW 9019 | 67 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Sunny Days | 172 | 64 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Mellow Yellow | 320B-6 | 67.6 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Yukon Gold | 1209-4 | 61 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Soft Duckling (LRV 68) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Duckling
Darker than Soft Duckling
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3001-2A |
| Hex | #FFD175 |
| RGB | 255, 209, 117 |
| HSL | 40°, 100%, 73% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 68 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.1, 5.6, 51.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Duckling (Valspar 3001-2A), published as #FFD175
#F0C775
#FFDB73
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Duckling (Valspar 3001-2A)?
- Soft Duckling has an LRV of 68. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Duckling is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Duckling in another brand?
- Mellow Yellow (Behr 320B-6) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Duckling warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Soft Duckling as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 51.2; 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.