Peace Yellow is a gentle, historic yellow with a buttery warmth. It brightens rooms with cool light without becoming garish. It suits kitchens, breakfast nooks and traditional exteriors.
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Undertone: Soft buttery yellow with a warm undertone.
LRV 65: Peace Yellow is a light color that keeps rooms bright.
Where to use it: Kitchen, exterior, dining room.
Trim: Peace Yellow pairs well with Pure White SW 7005 for trim, doors and ceilings.
Sherwin-Williams colors that work with Peace Yellow on walls, trim and accents.
The closest matches to Peace Yellow from Benjamin Moore and Behr, by digital color value. ΔE measures the visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable.
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The digital hex value for Sherwin-Williams Peace Yellow (SW 2857) is #EECF9E, which is rgb(238, 207, 158). Use it for mockups and digital design; a physical sample is the only reliable way to judge the paint itself.
Sherwin-Williams Peace Yellow has an LRV (light reflectance value) of 65. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white), so Peace Yellow is a light color that keeps rooms bright.
Peace Yellow has a soft buttery yellow with a warm undertone undertone. By its digital value it sits on the warm side, but north-facing light will cool it down and warm bulbs will warm it up, so test a sample in the room where you plan to use it.
The closest Benjamin Moore color to Sherwin-Williams Peace Yellow is Hawthorne Yellow (HC-4, #F5E1A4), which is close by digital value (ΔE 8.8). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.
The closest Behr color to Sherwin-Williams Peace Yellow is Beehive (M270-5, #E1B781), which is close by digital value (ΔE 9.9). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.