Viking Yellow
Viking Yellow is a Yellow paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#FFCF30LRV
63.15
Viking Yellow in Rooms
Follow Viking Yellow from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Front Door Photos
2 front door images trace Viking Yellow (321) through the threshold between the street and the interior. Catalog words such as Bold Vibrant, Bright offer another lens on its character.
Bright yellow front door entrance brings cheerful curb appeal.
@emilyjcanterbury
Front door painted Viking Yellow makes a sunny, welcoming statement.
@dinna_eckstein_designs
4 Misc Photos
4 misc images place Viking Yellow (321) in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. An LRV of 63.1 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Furniture piece finished in vibrant Viking Yellow adds playful energy.
@vintagesunflower207
Painted dresser in Viking Yellow brightens the bedroom with joy.
@dogwood__designs
Wooden dresser dressed in Viking Yellow creates a charming focal point.
@dogwood__designs
Door frames painted Viking Yellow add brightness and personality.
@down2thestuds
Coordinating Colors
Birdhouse reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Viking Yellow encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Silken Pine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 85 vs 63, Cloud White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 63, Powder Sand is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (67 vs 63) makes Golden Orchards the marginally brighter of the two.
Viking Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Viking Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Viking Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 9), opening up a space where Dark Royal Blue encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 10, Viking Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 64 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Viking Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Amarillo the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 65 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Viking Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Viking Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (63 vs 53) makes Viking Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Viking Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
An intensely bright and saturated shade of yellow that instantly energizes.