Tawny Daylilly

Pale enough to open a room, with a yellow undertone strong enough to still read as a deliberate choice. Vista Paint catalogs it as Tawny Daylilly, 0327.

78.0 on the light-reflectance scale puts it in the middle third, which is the part of the scale with the fewest surprises. A chroma of 10.5 is enough to register as a real color choice, without the intensity that would force the rest of a room to match it.

The yellow undertone leans into warm light rather than fighting it, so this is a forgiving choice under standard incandescent or warm-LED bulbs. A good fit for bedrooms and nurseries, where softness matters more than intensity. Behr Maui Mist makes a good second wall color here - different enough to read as a real choice, close enough to still feel related (about 326 points apart in light reflectance).

Benjamin Moore Wood Ash (1065) matches it closely enough that no one will tell them apart on a wall. Matte holds the color truest; a subtle sheen will lift it half a shade under lamps.

It is lighter than 84 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.