Golden Popover (Valspar 3007-7C)
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Golden Popover (Valspar 3007-7C) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 41, so it reflects about 41 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Golden Popover
Four Valspar colors picked for Golden Popover 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 Golden Popover, 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 | Dusted Olive | SW 9028 | 40 | 1.4 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Avant Garde | 272 | 40.4 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cliff Ridge | MQ2-29 | 43.7 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Antiquity | 1093-5 | 41 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Golden Popover (LRV 41) by LRV.
Lighter than Golden Popover
Darker than Golden Popover
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3007-7C |
| Hex | #C2A878 |
| RGB | 194, 168, 120 |
| HSL | 39°, 38%, 62% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 41 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 70.1, 2.6, 28.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Golden Popover (Valspar 3007-7C), published as #C2A878
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Golden Popover (Valspar 3007-7C)?
- Golden Popover has an LRV of 41. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Golden Popover is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Golden Popover in another brand?
- Avant Garde (BM 272) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Golden Popover warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Golden Popover as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 28.3; 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.