Coconut Scent (Valspar 3003-4C)
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Coconut Scent (Valspar 3003-4C) is a very light, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 82, so it reflects about 82 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Coconut Scent
Four Valspar colors picked for Coconut Scent 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 Coconut Scent, 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 | Tea Light | SW 7681 | 79 | 1.0 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Soft Beige | 2156-60 | 79.5 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Papaya Sorbet | P250-1 | 84.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Winter Wheat | 12-05 | 79 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Coconut Scent (LRV 82) by LRV.
Lighter than Coconut Scent
Darker than Coconut Scent
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3003-4C |
| Hex | #FCE8C4 |
| RGB | 252, 232, 196 |
| HSL | 39°, 90%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 82 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.8, 1.3, 20.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Coconut Scent (Valspar 3003-4C), published as #FCE8C4
#EBDEC2
#FFF2C4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Coconut Scent (Valspar 3003-4C)?
- Coconut Scent has an LRV of 82. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Coconut Scent is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Coconut Scent in another brand?
- Papaya Sorbet (Behr P250-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Coconut Scent warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Coconut Scent as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 20.0; 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.