There is no reading this as a background color. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 7727.
At chroma 34.5 it will not sit quietly next to another strong color. On one wall of an otherwise neutral room, this reads as a deliberate choice rather than an overwhelming one.
The yellow-green is more noticeable under cool, daylight-balanced bulbs than under standard warm ones, which tend to mute it. 49.0 on the light-reflectance scale is unremarkable on its own; the chroma is what actually drives how this color behaves.
Worth checking before committing to a full wall: blues and cool greys nearby - in a floor, a rug, a piece of furniture - will read as a clash here, not a complement, since the two colors sit at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Anything pale placed against this wall will look paler than it is; anything warm-metal will look warmer. Neither is an illusion the color plays deliberately - it is simple contrast, but worth planning rather than discovering. The safest multi-color scheme moves from this dark wall to a noticeably lighter secondary tone, then to a near-white ceiling - three genuinely different depths rather than three shades of the same idea (LRV 49.0, 67 and 85, if you're matching by the numbers).
If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Dunn-Edwards Snowflake keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 38 LRV points from this one). A flatter finish keeps this much color from creating harsh reflections.
Valspar Everglade Glen (6003-6A) runs close enough - delta-E 1.38 - that swapping brands should not change how the room looks. Only 1 other-brand color land within delta-E 2 of this one, which makes it comparatively unusual.
It is lighter than 51 percent of the Vista Paint range. Light reflectance this exact is unusual: 3 colors in the whole catalog measure within a point of 49.0. The name is not unique: Behr S-G-420 and Benjamin Moore CSP-865 also sell a color called Limeade, and it is not the same shade. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.
Vista Paint Limeade sits between warm and cool: its hue angle is 113° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 34.5, with a yellow-green.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Limeade (7727) is 49.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a mid-tone color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Limeade pairs with Dunn-Edwards Faraway Sky (DE5942, complement), Sherwin-Williams Oh Pistachio (SW 9033, analogous, warmer), Benjamin Moore Grenada Hills Gold (229, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Snowflake (DEW384, soft accent).
Vista Paint Limeade's hex value is #B9C281, RGB 185, 194, 129.
Vista Paint Limeade is classified as a yellow, with a yellow-green.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Limeade is 13-0522 TCX Pale Green, delta-E 5.88; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 1000 Green beige, delta-E 13.45. Neither is an exact match.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Limeade is Valspar Everglade Glen (6003-6A), at a delta-E of 1.38.
| HEX | #B9C281 |
| RGB | 185, 194, 129 |
| CMYK | 5%, 0%, 34%, 24% |
| HSL | 68°, 35%, 63% |
| HSV | 68°, 34%, 76% |
| CIE Lab | 76.36, -13.51, 31.71 |
| LCh | 76.36, 34.47, 113.1° |
| XYZ | 43.26, 50.48, 28.23 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 13-0522 TCX Pale Green · ΔE 5.88 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 1000 Green beige · ΔE 13.45 |
| 13-0522 TCX Pale Green | ΔE 5.88 | |
| 14-0223 TCX Nile | ΔE 5.97 | |
| 14-0434 TCX Green Banana | ΔE 5.99 | |
| RAL 1000 Green beige | ΔE 13.45 |
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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