# Hemphill Oak in a modern farmhouse room

Hemphill Oak from the COREtec CT O CLSSC 7x48 line is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 37). Here it is with Silver Satin walls, Swiss Coffee trim and Pewter Green 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
- Hemphill Oak, COREtec CT O CLSSC 7x48: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in (SKU VV845-05045)
- Price: $6.19 per sq ft · $178.46 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/ct-o-clssc-7x48/hemphill-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 37
- CIELAB (D65): L* 67.1, a* 5.6, b* 23.6, chroma 24.3, hue 76.6 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Hemphill Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.1 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Silver Satin (Benjamin Moore OC-26, LRV 74.9, +38.1 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 105°), so Hemphill Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-26/silver-satin
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +45.7 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Hemphill 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: Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9). 45 points over Hemphill Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-45/swiss-coffee
- Deep note: Pewter Green (Sherwin-Williams SW 6208, LRV 11.8). Deep and quiet, 25 points darker than Hemphill Oak in LRV, a frame for a golden floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/green-paint-colors/sw6208-pewter-green/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Pewter Green, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 37 sits between the two (12 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a warm gray brown wood, like our Warm Gray stain sample. About 19 points darker than Hemphill Oak in L* (48 against 67), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. Hemphill Oak is lighter than any wood stain we photographed (L* 67), so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: walnut brown (#584c3d). 11 in chroma, half the warmth of Hemphill Oak (24), and 34 points darker in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: storm blue (#586876). Hue 257°, straight across the color wheel from the 77° of Hemphill Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: mocha (#60564a). A deep note at L* 37, 30 points from the 67 of Hemphill Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Hemphill Oak at LRV 37 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Hemphill Oak (hue 77°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Silver Satin walls.

## Room by room
- Living room: Silver Satin walls and Swiss Coffee trim, a walnut brown rug with a mocha edge on Hemphill Oak, a coffee table in a warm gray brown wood.
- Kitchen: Pewter Green on the island, Swiss Coffee cabinets above, matte black pulls, Hemphill Oak underfoot.
- Dining room: A table in a warm gray brown wood on Hemphill Oak, black or painted chairs, aged brass pendants.
- Bedroom: Dover White walls, walnut brown linen, a storm blue quilt, unlacquered brass on the lamps.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Hemphill Oak: Jockey Hollow Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-108, LRV 39.5) sits 3 points from its LRV of 37, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Hemphill Oak: a tone like our Country White sample, 5.9 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Hemphill Oak (hue 77°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 37, Hemphill 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 7 inches a board, Hemphill Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Hemphill 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: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- 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.