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Oxford Gold 315
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, Oxford Gold sits at L* 80.8, a* 13.0, b* 66.4. Its hue angle is 79° and its chroma is 67.6, 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 96%.
LRV 55.2: light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 55.2, Oxford Gold is lighter than 60% of Benjamin Moore colors. The most forgiving range for whole-house walls. Keeps rooms bright without glare.
Closest Sherwin-Williams match to Oxford Gold
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Butterfly | SW 6898 | 2.23 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Butterfield | SW 6676 | 2.71 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Bee | SW 6683 | 3.09 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Oxford Gold
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty Carat | 310B-6 | 0.59 | Practically identical | |
| Soft Boiled | P270-6 | 1.83 | Very close | |
| Extreme Yellow | P260-7 | 2.35 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn Husk | 307 | 2.36 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Sunflower Fields | 174 | 2.95 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Imperial Yellow | 314 | 3.17 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Citrus Blast | 2018-30 | 3.33 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Luminous Days | 300 | 3.71 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Lemon Shine | 2020-20 | 3.76 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Yellow Brick Road 349 · lighter, LRV 58.2
- Abstracta 322 · lighter, LRV 57.5
- Happily Ever After 173 · lighter, LRV 60.2
- Citrus Blast 2018-30 · darker, LRV 51.7
- Sunflower Fields 174 · darker, LRV 49.1
- Sun Valley 350 · darker, LRV 49.9
Colors that go with Oxford Gold
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Benjamin Moore color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- True Blue 2066-50 · complementary (180°)
- Peachy Keen 2014-40 · analogous (−30°)
- Electric Slide 404 · analogous (+30°)
- Tropicana Cabana 2048-50 · triadic (120°)
- Mt. Rainier Gray 2129-60 · triadic (240°)
Oxford Gold vs popular colors
- Natural (Benjamin Moore ES-10, ΔE 8.1) is darker (LRV 45.7 vs 55.2), more blue/cool, more muted.
- Cedar (Benjamin Moore ES-40, ΔE 11.1) is darker (LRV 41.1 vs 55.2), more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.
- Concord Ivory (Benjamin Moore HC-12, ΔE 11.7) is lighter (LRV 60.0 vs 55.2), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.