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Antique Oak in a warm modern room

Antique Oak, from the COREtec Originals Classics line, is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 24). Here it is with Pale Oak walls, Swiss Coffee trim and Hale Navy as the deep note.

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Antique Oak vinyl plank flooring in the great room of our cabin in the hemlocks. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Great room in daylight, The cabin in the hemlocks.
Antique Oak vinyl plank flooring in the living room of our Cape with the dormers. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Living room in daylight, The Cape with the dormers.
Antique Oak vinyl plank flooring in the family room of our colonial on the cul-de-sac. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Family room in daylight, The colonial on the cul-de-sac.
WallsPale OakBM OC-20 · LRV 69
TrimSwiss CoffeeBM OC-45 · LRV 82
Deep noteHale NavyBM HC-154 · LRV 8
WoodA charcoal woodLike our Heritage Brown sample

The floor, measured

Read from its own picture, not from a name.

LRV
24
Lightness L*
56
Undertone
Golden
Hue
73°

A golden undertone, warm without leaning red. LRV is light reflectance value, the share of light a surface sends back, the same scale paint makers print on every chip: 0 is black, 100 is white.

Antique Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.8 in L*): calm, but not flat.

Light reflectance of the floor and its paintsOn a scale from 0 (black) to 100 (white), the floor sits at 24. Walls at 69. Trim at 82. Deep note at 8. The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor, where a wall would blur into it.0255075100Deep note 8Floor 24Walls 69Trim 82

The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor. A wall inside it blurs into the floor; BS 8300 asks for at least 30 points between surfaces that meet.

Walls, trim and cabinets

Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.

Walls
Pale Oak Benjamin Moore OC-20 · LRV 68.6 · +45 from the floor

A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Antique Oak stays golden without turning yellow.

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Or walls
Dover White Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 · LRV 82.5 · +59 from the floor

A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Antique Oak stays golden without turning yellow.

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Trim and ceilings
Swiss Coffee Benjamin Moore OC-45 · LRV 81.9 · +58 from the floor

58 points over Antique Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.

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The deep note
Hale Navy Benjamin Moore HC-154 · LRV 8.4 · -15 from the floor

Deep and cool, about 167° around the color wheel from Antique Oak and 15 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.

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Lower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 24 sits between the two (8 and 82).

The palette, by the numbers
RoleColorMaker and codeLRVFrom the floor
FloorAntique OakCOREtec Originals Classics24
WallsPale OakBenjamin Moore OC-2068.6+45
Or wallsDover WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 638582.5+59
Trim and ceilingsSwiss CoffeeBenjamin Moore OC-4581.9+58
The deep noteHale NavyBenjamin Moore HC-1548.4-15

Wood, rugs and metals

Contrast, not a match.

Wood furniture

A step darker: a charcoal woodAbout 21 points darker than Antique Oak in L* (35 against 56), far enough to read as a choice. Like our Heritage Brown stain sample.
A step lighter: a pale, bleached woodAbout 16 points lighter than Antique Oak in L* (72 against 56). Like our Country White stain sample.

Rugs and fabric

Tone on tone: oatmeal10 in chroma, half the warmth of Antique Oak (22), and 28 points lighter in L*.
Across the wheel: graphiteHue 253°, straight across the color wheel from the 73° of Antique Oak, softened to balance it.
Grounding: walnut brownA deep note at L* 26, 30 points from the 56 of Antique Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.

Metals

Aged brassA warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Antique Oak (hue 73°).
Unlacquered brassA warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Antique Oak (hue 73°).
Matte blackBlack works with every undertone; beside Antique Oak at LRV 24 it gives the room its outline.

What to avoid

The near misses, by the numbers.

Questions

About Antique Oak and color, answered from the numbers above.

What wall color goes with Antique Oak flooring?

Pale Oak (Benjamin Moore OC-20, LRV 68.6): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Antique Oak stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 45 LRV points from the floor (LRV 24), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5).

What trim and ceiling color goes with Antique Oak?

Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 58 points over Antique Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.

What accent color goes with Antique Oak?

Hale Navy (Benjamin Moore HC-154, LRV 8.4): deep and cool, about 167° around the color wheel from Antique Oak and 15 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Lower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 24 sits between the two (8 and 82).

What wood furniture goes with Antique Oak?

Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a charcoal wood (like our Heritage Brown stain sample), or a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood (like our Country White stain sample). A wood like our Weathered Oak sample is only 3.2 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.

Is Antique Oak a light or a dark floor?

Mid tone: LRV 24 and L* 56, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 24, Antique Oak is a mid tone: it holds its color in a sunny room and hides everyday dust and pet hair better than a very dark or very light floor.

What colors should I avoid with Antique Oak?

Walls at the lightness of Antique Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits 3 points from its LRV of 24, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Antique Oak: a tone like our Weathered Oak sample, 3.2 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.

The room it suits

Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.

At LRV 24, Antique Oak is a mid tone: it holds its color in a sunny room and hides everyday dust and pet hair better than a very dark or very light floor.

At 5 inches a board, Antique Oak lays about 29 boards across a 12 foot room.

Antique Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.

  • Wear layer20 milAbout 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic.
  • CoreWPC, a wood plastic composite coreA little softer and quieter underfoot.
  • FinishUV Acrylic
  • WaterWaterproof (the maker's word)Wet mopping is fine; a flood is not.

From the floor's own record

What only this floor's data can say.

One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 10 times, chosen 4 times since 2025.

Antique Oak is lighter than 44 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 87 percent of them.

A step lighter in the same line: Corvallis PineLRV 26, measured the same way, against 24 for Antique Oak.
A step darker in the same line: Johnson HickoryLRV 20, measured the same way, against 24 for Antique Oak.

The same look in real wood: Hatfield House, Anderson Tuftex Grand Estate, only 0.9 apart in color (CIEDE2000).

To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Weathered Oak (3.2 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).

Antique Oak, the specifications
Width5 in
Thickness0.314"
Wear layer20 mil
FinishUV Acrylic
EdgeMicro bevel
InstallationFloating or direct glue
CoreWPC
ConstructionCOREtec Residential WPC
Carton26.47 sq ft
WaterWaterproof (the maker's word)

The floor

Every color, price and detail on its own page.

Antique Oak, COREtec Originals Classics
COREtec

Antique Oak

COREtec Originals Classics · VV023-05057

Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 5 in

$6.39 per sq ft · $169.14 a carton

Material only. Delivery and installation extra.

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How we chose

Paint names, codes, hex and LRV as Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore publish them (each color links to its page).

BS 8300-2:2018 asks for a difference of at least 30 LRV points between adjacent surfaces, such as a floor and a wall, so the surfaces read apart.

The floor measured from its own picture in CIELAB (D65); the wood tones from our own photographs of 37 stains on oak.

A picture's lightness depends a little on how it was lit, so the floor's LRV is read from the evenly lit field the visualizer lays and rounded. See the real floor before you choose paint: visit the showroom, or ask for a free measure and estimate.

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