This sits close to white on the light meter but keeps its yellow clearly enough to be picked out of a lineup of whites. Vista Paint lists it as Haystack (0887).
At LRV 78.0 it sits where most rooms want a wall: light enough to feel open, dark enough to have a surface. At chroma 14.6 the yellow is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.
The yellow leans into warm light rather than fighting it, so this is a forgiving choice under standard incandescent or warm-LED bulbs. Holds up across a full room without the visual weight a darker or more saturated color would add. If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Dunn-Edwards Boysenberry Shadow keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 11.6 LRV points from this one).
By the numbers, Benjamin Moore Simply Irresistible (205) and this color are indistinguishable - delta-E 0.74, well under what the eye can separate. A satin finish is worth it in a room that needs to be wiped down often, at the cost of showing a bit more of the wall's surface than a flat finish would.
It is lighter than 84 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.
Vista Paint Haystack is a warm color: its hue angle is 91° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 14.6, with a yellow.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Haystack (0887) is 78.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Haystack pairs with Dunn-Edwards Fly a Kite (DE5890, complement), Vista Paint Misty Meadow (7668, analogous, warmer), PPG Peach Ash (1191-3, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Boysenberry Shadow (DEW391, soft accent).
Vista Paint Haystack's hex value is #F0E4C9, RGB 240, 228, 201.
Vista Paint Haystack is classified as a tan, with a yellow.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Haystack is 11-0510 TCX Afterglow, delta-E 1.32; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 1013 Oyster white, delta-E 5.63.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Haystack is Benjamin Moore Simply Irresistible (205), at a delta-E of 0.74 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #F0E4C9 |
| RGB | 240, 228, 201 |
| CMYK | 0%, 5%, 16%, 6% |
| HSL | 42°, 57%, 86% |
| HSV | 42°, 16%, 94% |
| CIE Lab | 90.88, -0.28, 14.64 |
| LCh | 90.88, 14.64, 91.1° |
| XYZ | 74.22, 78.23, 66.44 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 11-0510 TCX Afterglow · ΔE 1.32 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 1013 Oyster white · ΔE 5.63 |
| 11-0510 TCX Afterglow | ΔE 1.32 | |
| 11-0507 TCX Winter White | ΔE 2.92 | |
| 12-0804 TCX Cloud Cream | ΔE 3.23 | |
| RAL 1013 Oyster white | ΔE 5.63 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
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