# Sandy Oak in a modern farmhouse room

Sandy Oak, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 7 in line, is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 22). Here it is with Cloud White walls, Swiss Coffee trim and Naval 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
- Sandy Oak, Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 7 in: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in (SKU W9076)
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/toucan-7-in/sandy-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 22
- CIELAB (D65): L* 53.5, a* 4, b* 17.9, chroma 18.4, hue 77.5 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Sandy Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.4 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Cloud White (Benjamin Moore OC-130, LRV 85.1, +63.6 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 106°), so Sandy Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-130/cloud-white
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +61 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Sandy 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). 60 points over Sandy 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: Naval (Sherwin-Williams SW 6244, LRV 4.5). Deep and cool, about 175° around the color wheel from Sandy Oak and 17 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6244-naval/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Naval, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 22 sits between the two (5 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 19 points darker than Sandy Oak in L* (35 against 54), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 18 points lighter than Sandy Oak in L* (72 against 54).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#d4c9bc). 8 in chroma, half the warmth of Sandy Oak (18), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#3a4856). Hue 258°, straight across the color wheel from the 78° of Sandy Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#3e372f). A deep note at L* 24, 30 points from the 54 of Sandy Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Sandy Oak at LRV 22 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Sandy Oak (hue 78°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Sandy Oak (hue 78°).

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Sandy Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits within a point of its LRV of 22, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Sandy Oak: a tone like our Rustic Beige sample, 4.2 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Creamy yellow walls: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Sandy Oak (hue 78°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 22, Sandy 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, Sandy Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Sandy 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)
- 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.