# Bakersfield Oak in a modern farmhouse room

Bakersfield Oak from the COREtec Pro Classics line is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 21). Here it is with White Dove walls, Alabaster trim, and Iron Ore as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

A vision board by Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480, 973-728-9717. AI assisted: the rooms are AI generated, simulated photos; the floor, the paint colors and every number are real.
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## The floor
- Bakersfield Oak, COREtec Pro Classics: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in (SKU VV017-07037)
- Price: $4.09 per sq ft · $117.96 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-pro-classics-vv017/bakersfield-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 21
- CIELAB (D65): L* 52.8, a* 3, b* 15.9, chroma 16.2, hue 79.4 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Bakersfield Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.2 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: White Dove (Benjamin Moore OC-17, LRV 83.2, +62.4 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 105°), so Bakersfield Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-17/white-dove
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +61.7 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Bakersfield Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw6385-dover-white/
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 61 points over Bakersfield Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Iron Ore (Sherwin-Williams SW 7069, LRV 5.6). Deep and quiet, 15 points darker than Bakersfield Oak in LRV, a frame for a golden floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7069-iron-ore/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Iron Ore, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 21 sits between the two (6 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 18 points darker than Bakersfield Oak in L* (35 against 53), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 19 points lighter than Bakersfield Oak in L* (72 against 53).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#d1c7bb). 7 in chroma, half the warmth of Bakersfield Oak (16), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#3a4856). Hue 259°, straight across the color wheel from the 79° of Bakersfield Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#3b362e). A deep note at L* 23, 30 points from the 53 of Bakersfield Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Bakersfield Oak at LRV 21 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Bakersfield Oak (hue 79°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Bakersfield Oak (hue 79°).

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Bakersfield Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits within a point of its LRV of 21, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Bakersfield Oak: a tone like our Rustic Beige sample, 5.1 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Creamy yellow walls: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Bakersfield Oak (hue 79°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 21, Bakersfield Oak is mid dark: it is at its best in a big room with good light and warm lamps, and it shows dust, pet hair and fine scratches more than a mid tone.
- At 7 inches a board, Bakersfield Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Bakersfield Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 20 mil (about 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic)
- Core: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- Finish: UV Acrylic
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (wet mopping is fine; a flood is not)

## Sources
- 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.