# Oxnard in a Japandi room

Oxnard, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Brentwood Hills line, is a mid tone white oak hardwood with a soft greige undertone (LRV 32, measured from its own picture). Here it is with Modern Gray walls, Greek Villa trim, and Peppercorn 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
- Oxnard, Legacy Flooring Collection Brentwood Hills: Engineered hardwood · White oak · 7.5 in (SKU W6482)
- Price: $7.49 per sq ft · $176.02 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/brentwood-hills/oxnard

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 32
- CIELAB (D65): L* 63.5, a* 0.6, b* 9.9, chroma 9.9, hue 86.8 degrees
- Undertone: a greige: soft gray with a little warmth
- The grain and color of Oxnard move from board to board (a spread of 3.4 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Modern Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7632, LRV 62.5, +30.3 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Oxnard (hue 82° against its 87°). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7632-modern-gray/
- Or walls: Edgecomb Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-173, LRV 63.1, +30.9 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Oxnard (hue 94° against its 87°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-173/edgecomb-gray
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 52 points over Oxnard in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its greige undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Deep note: Peppercorn (Sherwin-Williams SW 7674, LRV 9.7). Deep and quiet, 23 points darker than Oxnard in LRV, a frame for a greige floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7674-peppercorn/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Peppercorn, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 32 sits between the two (10 and 84).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a mid brown wood, like our Nutmeg stain sample. About 20 points darker than Oxnard in L* (43 against 64), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. Oxnard is lighter than any wood stain we photographed (L* 64), so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: charcoal (#49453f). 4 in chroma, half the warmth of Oxnard (10), and 34 points darker in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: storm blue (#535e6d). Hue 267°, straight across the color wheel from the 87° of Oxnard, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: graphite (#524e49). A deep note at L* 34, 30 points from the 64 of Oxnard, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Oxnard at LRV 32 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: champagne bronze. A warm metal that agrees with the greige undertone of Oxnard (hue 87°).
- Metal: brushed nickel. A soft satin nickel, quieter than chrome, for the greige of Oxnard.

## Room by room
- Living room: Modern Gray walls and Greek Villa trim, black or painted a low table on Oxnard, a charcoal rug, one storm blue cushion.
- Kitchen: Greek Villa cabinets, Peppercorn on the island or one wall, matte black pulls, Oxnard underfoot.
- Bedroom: Edgecomb Gray walls, a low bed in a mid brown wood, charcoal linen, champagne bronze in small doses.
- Entry: Black or painted a bench, a graphite mat on Oxnard, brushed nickel hooks.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Oxnard: Acacia Haze (Sherwin-Williams SW 9132, LRV 32.2) sits within a point of its LRV of 32, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Stark blue whites everywhere: a greige floor like Oxnard turns muddy beside them. Keep the whites a little warm.

## The room it suits
- At LRV 32, Oxnard 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 7.5 inches a board, Oxnard lays about 20 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Engineered hardwood: living spaces and bedrooms on every level, kept out of full baths.
- Hardness: White oak: Janka 1,360 lbf (the force to press a steel ball halfway into the wood; a higher number dents less under heels and chair legs)
- Construction: Engineered hardwood (a real wood face over a stable core, so it moves less with the seasons)
- Finish: UV Cured High Performance Urethane

## 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.
- Janka hardness from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory Wood Handbook (2021), Table 5-3b, at 12 percent moisture.