Ancestral Gold

With an LRV of about 62, Ancestral Gold reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Ancestral Gold in other brands

• Capital Grains Kelly-Moore KM4753-2 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.2
• B9621D Crown Yellow Very close ΔE 0.3
• Mansfield Benjamin Moore 248 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Yellow Mystery Plascon Y4-B2-1 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ginger Tea Jotun 1965 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Stonebread Dulux Australia S15E2 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Full Moon Sherwin-Williams 6679 Light Yellow
• Lemongrass Sherwin-Williams 7732 Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Ancestral Gold warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 21.5 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Ancestral Gold?

Capital Grains (KM4753-2), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ancestral Gold?

≈ 62. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.