Buttered Toffee (Valspar 3005-3A)
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Buttered Toffee (Valspar 3005-3A) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 54, so it reflects about 54 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Buttered Toffee
Four Valspar colors picked for Buttered Toffee 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 Toffee, 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 | Rayo de Sol | SW 9020 | 60 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Luminous Days | 300 | 52.4 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Lizard Breath | T11-11 | 53.8 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Rise-n-shine | 1206-7 | 62 | 3.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Buttered Toffee (LRV 54) by LRV.
Lighter than Buttered Toffee
Darker than Buttered Toffee
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3005-3A |
| Hex | #EFBB3B |
| RGB | 239, 187, 59 |
| HSL | 43°, 85%, 58% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 54 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 78.6, 6.8, 67.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Buttered Toffee (Valspar 3005-3A), published as #EFBB3B
#E0B13D
#FEC536
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Buttered Toffee (Valspar 3005-3A)?
- Buttered Toffee has an LRV of 54. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Buttered Toffee is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Buttered Toffee in another brand?
- Lizard Breath (Behr T11-11) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.1 (very close).
- Is Buttered Toffee warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Buttered Toffee as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 67.9; 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.