Dining Room Gold (Valspar 3006-8A)
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Dining Room Gold (Valspar 3006-8A) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 49, so it reflects about 49 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Dining Room Gold
Four Valspar colors picked for Dining Room Gold 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 Dining Room Gold, 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 | Ecru | SW 6135 | 51 | 1.8 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Shelburne Buff | HC-28 | 47.2 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Camel | 350F-5 | 52.2 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Somber | 1093-4 | 47 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Dining Room Gold (LRV 49) by LRV.
Lighter than Dining Room Gold
Darker than Dining Room Gold
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3006-8A |
| Hex | #CFB78B |
| RGB | 207, 183, 139 |
| HSL | 39°, 41%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 49 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 75.5, 2.1, 25.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dining Room Gold (Valspar 3006-8A), published as #CFB78B
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Dining Room Gold (Valspar 3006-8A)?
- Dining Room Gold has an LRV of 49. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Dining Room Gold is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Dining Room Gold in another brand?
- Somber (PPG 1093-4) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Dining Room Gold warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Dining Room Gold as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 25.6; 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.