Light Amber (Valspar 3006-8B)
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Light Amber (Valspar 3006-8B) is a light, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 63, so it reflects about 63 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Light Amber
Four Valspar colors picked for Light Amber 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 Light Amber, 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 | Lucent Yellow | SW 6400 | 64 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Desert Tan | 2153-50 | 62.3 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Winter Garden | 360E-3 | 59 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Foothills | 1105-4 | 63 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Light Amber (LRV 63) by LRV.
Lighter than Light Amber
Darker than Light Amber
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3006-8B |
| Hex | #E2CEA4 |
| RGB | 226, 206, 164 |
| HSL | 41°, 52%, 76% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.4, 0.6, 23.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Light Amber (Valspar 3006-8B), published as #E2CEA4
#D2C4A3
#F3D8A3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Light Amber (Valspar 3006-8B)?
- Light Amber has an LRV of 63. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Light Amber is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Light Amber in another brand?
- Lucent Yellow (SW 6400) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Light Amber warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Light Amber as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 23.5; 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.