A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Antique Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin MooreVision board · Warm modern
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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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.
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.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Antique Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-Williams58 points over Antique Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Benjamin MooreDeep and cool, about 167° around the color wheel from Antique Oak and 15 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.
See it at Benjamin MooreLower 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).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Antique Oak | COREtec Originals Classics | 24 | |
| Walls | Pale Oak | Benjamin Moore OC-20 | 68.6 | +45 |
| Or walls | Dover White | Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 | 82.5 | +59 |
| Trim and ceilings | Swiss Coffee | Benjamin Moore OC-45 | 81.9 | +58 |
| The deep note | Hale Navy | Benjamin Moore HC-154 | 8.4 | -15 |
Wood, rugs and metals
Contrast, not a match.
Wood furniture
Rugs and fabric
Metals
What to avoid
The near misses, by the numbers.
- 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.
- Creamy yellow walls: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Antique Oak (hue 73°).
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.
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).
| Width | 5 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.314" |
| Wear layer | 20 mil |
| Finish | UV Acrylic |
| Edge | Micro bevel |
| Installation | Floating or direct glue |
| Core | WPC |
| Construction | COREtec Residential WPC |
| Carton | 26.47 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
The floor
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
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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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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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.


