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Soft Pumpkin 2166-40
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated orange (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Soft Pumpkin sits at L* 71.3, a* 17.9, b* 36.4. Its hue angle is 64° and its chroma is 40.5, so it reads as an outright orange rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Benjamin Moore colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 88%.
LRV 41.8: mid-tone
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 41.8, Soft Pumpkin is lighter than 45% of Benjamin Moore colors. Reads clearly as a color. Best in rooms with good natural light, or as an accent wall; small dark rooms may feel smaller.
Closest Sherwin-Williams match to Soft Pumpkin
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Gold | SW 2858 | 2.25 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Folksy Gold | SW 6360 | 2.63 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Adventure Orange | SW 6655 | 2.65 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Soft Pumpkin
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Curry | M230-5 | 1.72 | Very close | |
| Copper River | 260D-4 | 1.95 | Very close | |
| Caramel Sundae | 280D-4 | 2.05 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starfish | 110 | 1.48 | Very close | |
| Grand Canyon | 118 | 1.57 | Very close | |
| Orange Appeal | 124 | 3.09 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Sweet 'n Sour | 103 | 3.44 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Antelope Canyon | 125 | 3.47 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Warm Sunglow | CSP-1070 | 4.36 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Casabella 102 · lighter, LRV 45.2
- Casabella CC-186 · lighter, LRV 45.2
- Natural ES-10 · lighter, LRV 45.7
- Sweet 'n Sour 103 · darker, LRV 38.6
- Morgan Hill Gold 189 · darker, LRV 37.5
- Tuscan Tile CSP-1130 · darker, LRV 36.6
Colors that go with Soft Pumpkin
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Benjamin Moore color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- True Blue 2066-50 · complementary (180°)
- Pink Polka Dot 004 · analogous (−30°)
- Meadow View 383 · analogous (+30°)
- Green Sponge 2046-40 · triadic (120°)
- Mighty Aphrodite 1397 · triadic (240°)
Soft Pumpkin vs popular colors
- Italianate (Benjamin Moore AF-215, ΔE 5.6) is darker (LRV 36.5 vs 41.8), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.
- Cedar (Benjamin Moore ES-40, ΔE 5.9) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.
- Natural (Benjamin Moore ES-10, ΔE 6.8) is lighter (LRV 45.7 vs 41.8), more yellow/warm, more green, more saturated.