Buttered Hazelnut (Valspar 3001-3C)
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Buttered Hazelnut (Valspar 3001-3C) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 51, so it reflects about 51 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Buttered Hazelnut
Four Valspar colors picked for Buttered Hazelnut 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 Buttered Hazelnut, 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 | Surprise Amber | SW 6654 | 53 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Beeswax | 2157-40 | 52 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Arizona | 290D-4 | 51.8 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Buffalo Trail | 1202-5 | 47 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Buttered Hazelnut (LRV 51) by LRV.
Lighter than Buttered Hazelnut
Darker than Buttered Hazelnut
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3001-3C |
| Hex | #ECB276 |
| RGB | 236, 178, 118 |
| HSL | 31°, 76%, 69% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 51 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 76.7, 14.1, 38.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Buttered Hazelnut (Valspar 3001-3C), published as #ECB276
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#FCBC75
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Buttered Hazelnut (Valspar 3001-3C)?
- Buttered Hazelnut has an LRV of 51. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Buttered Hazelnut is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Buttered Hazelnut in another brand?
- Arizona (Behr 290D-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Buttered Hazelnut warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Buttered Hazelnut as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 38.7; 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.