Farrow & Ball · No. 37 · Yellows
Farrow & Ball
Hay
PPG
Hayloft
Lower score means closer. Under 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; over 5 is a different colour that sits in the same family.
British paint maker, widely stocked across the UK.
UK stockists
Closest · 39
Clay
Similarscore 3.50
A sensible alternative, but clearly its own colour beside the original.
Option 2 · 64
Bath Stone
Similarscore 4.42
Option 3 · 34
Stone-Pale-Warm
Nearest availablescore 5.95
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · CW-370
Sweeney Yellow
Very closescore 1.69
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 221
Golden Garden
Very closescore 1.74
Option 3 · HC-31
Waterbury Cream
Very closescore 1.74
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 9027
Pale Moss
Very closescore 1.01
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 6394
Sequin
Closescore 2.38
Option 3 · SW 6400
Lucent Yellow
Closescore 2.87
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3007-6A
Honeysuckle Beige
Closescore 2.12
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 3007-8B
Baked Scone
Closescore 2.60
Option 3 · 3006-8B
Light Amber
Closescore 2.71
North American colour card.
Closest · 12-18
Hayloft
Near identicalscore 0.49
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 12-11
Antique Cream
Closescore 2.38
Option 3 · 12-12
True Blonde
Closescore 2.48
North American colour card.
Closest · S300-3
Almond Cookie
Very closescore 1.34
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 320E-3
Riviera Sand
Very closescore 1.87
Option 3 · 310E-3
Ripe Wheat
Closescore 2.06
North American colour card.
Closest · DEC728
Madera
Closescore 3.08
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6165
Toasted Marshmallow
Closescore 3.09
Option 3 · DE5359
Crossroads
Closescore 3.18
From the trade
Paint Hay and your chosen match on two boards in the same finish. A flat and an eggshell in one colour never look identical.
Check them on the darkest wall in the morning and again under your own lamps at night. That is where small differences show.
Give the merchant the brand, colour name and code shown here. It avoids the guesswork of a scanned match.
In your light
Pick the way your window faces and the time of day. The same paint can look like three different colours.
North light is steady but cool and grey. It pulls blues and greys colder and makes greens look heavier. Warm based colours hold up best.
An approximation of how light colour and strength shift a paint. Use it to narrow a shortlist, then paint a sample board and look at it at these same times.
Building a scheme
Worked out from undertone and depth, the way a decorator would put a scheme together. Paint samples side by side before you commit.
A pale colour from the same undertone as Hay, so the ceiling does not look stark white against it.
One step lighter or darker on skirtings, doors and window boards. A tonal scheme is the easiest way to make a room feel finished.
A dark colour that sits under it. Use on a fireplace wall, an inside door, a kitchen island or a hall below the dado.
From the other side of the colour wheel, at a similar depth, for a door, a bookcase or a cushion. Use in small amounts.
Colour values are on screen approximations taken from published community colour libraries (Farrow & Ball; Farrow & Ball (cross check); Little Greene; Benjamin Moore; Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, PPG, Behr, Dunn-Edwards), compiled 2026-10-09. Scores use CIEDE2000. Screens, light and sheen all change how paint looks, so always check a physical sample. Aethos is not connected to any of the paint makers named here and all colour names belong to their owners.