# Honey Wheat in a warm modern room

Honey Wheat from the Stanton Alpine line is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 25). Here it is with Swiss Coffee walls, Greek Villa trim, and Hale Navy as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

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## The floor
- Honey Wheat, Stanton Alpine: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in (SKU 49732)
- Price: $3.99 per sq ft · $94.64 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/stanton/alpine/honey-wheat

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 25
- CIELAB (D65): L* 56.6, a* 11.1, b* 30.6, chroma 32.5, hue 70.1 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- The grain and color of Honey Wheat move from board to board (a spread of 3.4 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9, +57.4 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 103°), so Honey Wheat stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-45/swiss-coffee
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +58 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Honey Wheat 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: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 60 points over Honey Wheat 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/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Deep note: Hale Navy (Benjamin Moore HC-154, LRV 8.4). Deep and cool, about 164° around the color wheel from Honey Wheat and 16 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-154/hale-navy
- Lower cabinets or an island in Hale Navy, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 25 sits between the two (8 and 84).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 22 points darker than Honey Wheat in L* (35 against 57), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 15 points lighter than Honey Wheat in L* (72 against 57).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#e7cfba). 15 in chroma, half the warmth of Honey Wheat (33), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#3e4f5b). Hue 250°, straight across the color wheel from the 70° of Honey Wheat, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: walnut brown (#4b3c2f). A deep note at L* 27, 30 points from the 57 of Honey Wheat, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Honey Wheat (hue 70°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Swiss Coffee walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Honey Wheat at LRV 25 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Swiss Coffee walls and Greek Villa trim around Honey Wheat, an oatmeal rug with a walnut brown border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Hale Navy on the island or the lower cabinets, Greek Villa uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Honey Wheat underfoot.
- Bedroom: Dover White walls, bedding in oatmeal with one graphite pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: A walnut brown runner on Honey Wheat, Hale Navy on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Honey Wheat: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits 4 points from its LRV of 25, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Honey Wheat: a tone like our Neutral sample, 2.3 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Honey Wheat (hue 70°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 25, Honey Wheat 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, Honey Wheat lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Honey Wheat is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Core: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- 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.