Cross-brand match

Goldfinch in Sherwin-Williams

Vista Paint 7942 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line

Vista Paint Goldfinch 7942 on a wall, hex #FFBE3C
Sherwin-Williams Decisive Yellow SW 6902 on a wall, hex #FDCC4E

The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint Goldfinch (7942) is Decisive Yellow SW 6902, a delta-E of 8.82 away — the closest Sherwin-Williams has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Decisive Yellow is 3.8 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 66.8 and 71.4.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTDecisive YellowSW 6902
DISTANCEΔE 8.82CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE64.8 against 61.0
HEX#FDCC4Eagainst #FFBE3C

Ranked matches in Sherwin-Williams

closest first
Sherwin-Williams colorΔE LRV Undertone
Decisive YellowSW 6902 8.82 64.8 yellow Compare
Gusto GoldSW 6904 8.85 49.7 yellow Compare
GoldenrodSW 6677 10.8 50.1 yellow Compare
CheerfulSW 6903 10.84 62.6 yellow Compare
GoldfinchSW 6905 11.25 54.8 yellow Compare
Rayo de SolSW 9020 11.52 59.5 yellow Compare

Goldfinch in other brands

same color, different line

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