Toffee Cream (Valspar 3001-3B)
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Toffee Cream (Valspar 3001-3B) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 40, so it reflects about 40 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toffee Cream
Four Valspar colors picked for Toffee Cream 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 Toffee Cream, 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 | Bakelite Gold | SW 6368 | 38 | 1.5 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Grand Canyon | 118 | 38.5 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Stunning Gold | M240-6 | 38.8 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Polo Pony | 1202-6 | 35 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Toffee Cream (LRV 40) by LRV.
Lighter than Toffee Cream
Darker than Toffee Cream
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3001-3B |
| Hex | #DD9C62 |
| RGB | 221, 156, 98 |
| HSL | 28°, 64%, 63% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 40 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 69.5, 18.0, 39.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toffee Cream (Valspar 3001-3B), published as #DD9C62
#CE9261
#ECA661
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toffee Cream (Valspar 3001-3B)?
- Toffee Cream has an LRV of 40. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Toffee Cream is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Toffee Cream in another brand?
- Grand Canyon (BM 118) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Toffee Cream warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Toffee Cream as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 39.8; 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.