Yellowcake is one of Farrow & Ball’s pale yellows that people often look to match from another brand. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Indian Yellow by Little Greene (near-identical), with every other close match ranked below.
Indian Yellow by Little Greene is the closest match from any other brand (near-identical) — and it holds Yellowcake’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Fresh Lemonade by Johnstone's (very close), darker (about 2 LRV points), slightly cooler and slightly softer. A cooler match reads cooler still in a north-facing room, where the light is indirect. Only one of the 8 other brands manages a near-identical match, which makes Yellowcake fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Yellowcake from the other eight brands — ranked purely by closeness, so where one brand has several near-misses, they all appear. For the single best match per brand, see the Yellowcake colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Lemon Jester (close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Fresh Lemonade by Johnstone's is the best-value option (value, very close).
The list shows every genuinely close match from other brands, ranked nearest-first by perceptual colour difference — including several from one brand where they’re all close. Screens differ from paint on a wall, so treat these as a shortlist and always order tester pots.
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See the full Yellowcake colour page →