Yolk

Strong enough that it sets the palette for the room, not the other way around. 0844 in the Vista Paint range.

Chroma 81.4 is high enough that the color will bounce onto light surfaces, so expect it everywhere, not only on the wall. In a room with plenty of natural light, this can cover more wall area than it could in a dim one, where the same color reads heavier.

A warm bulb is the easiest fix if this reads colder than expected once it is on the wall. LRV 60.0 tells you how much light comes back, which matters less here than how much color comes with it.

Not quite yellow, not quite orange - this sits right where the two meet, so the room's own lighting ends up deciding which one you actually see. This color and blues and cool greys don't get along in the same room - they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, so pairing them tends to feel like tension rather than contrast.

Next to it, white trim reads brighter and cooler than it does anywhere else in the house - the gap in light reflectance is what does that, not the trim paint itself.

Matte suits a color this strong - a glossier sheen would turn every light source in the room into a visible hotspot on the wall.

For anyone tied to a different brand, Benjamin Moore Yolk (2023-10) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.6. Only 1 other-brand color land within delta-E 2 of this one, which makes it comparatively unusual.

It is lighter than 65 percent of the Vista Paint range. The name is not unique: Benjamin Moore 2023-10 also sells a color called Yolk, and it is not the same shade. Among yellows it is one of the strongest: only 1 percent of them carry more colour. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.