I have white oak floors in my kitchen (currently under protective paper). My cabinets will be a very slightly creamy off white, so brighter than what you have there.

I'm going with "natural", which means they just put the sealant down without color. I prefer light floors in general. Part of my overall project includes sanding of the main level floors. Some of those are white oak with a dark stain (came that way when we bought this place). When we moved in, we had small kids. We have dogs, and pretty much live in a forest. All that means that every.single.thing shows up on the dark floors. I always vote for lighter floors, because they tend to hide stuff better than darker floors.

Lighter or darker floors is a personal preference. Unfortunately, we can't decide for you.

The optimal choice on Houzz is to continue the same color from the rest of the home into the kitchen.

However, I would think that you would not want the island/hood and flooring to be the same color. Unless you can match it P-E-R-F-E-C-T-L-Y. And even then, maybe not. It could be too much of the same thing.....

My vote would be island and hood the same as each other, floors different. I think floors and cabinets both look better when there is a little contrast between them.

Getting a light white oak color without any yellow tone would be challenging. But worth it to be current. Pale brown. You see this at Lowes and HD flooring as French or European Oak. No chance you'll get near those tones with Minwa.

I dont think there are any strict rules..so many other factors need to be considered……lighting…natural light.. shape andsize of space..style of kitchen etc…i also dont think making long term decisions should be decided on what is current over what is natural

light floors . obvious choice. that cabinet will read darker than you may think. they are describing these as light cabinets...but similar to your choice look at how shadowy and dark in the corners and anywhere not illuminated well. the light floor keeps a nice neutral tonal quality . of course it depends on your layout and space etc. 2nd pic much different space..loft like....but even "light cabinets" in that scene are not as light as you may think so the floor is really nice in keeping it alive

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That second picture looks exactly like my cabinets.

you might want to provide details w regard hood/ island/ counters/ and so on. I see that as working with an all over neutral and lighter palette Really nice [I like neutrals] but needs the whole space to be coordinated and cohesive. And as per usual much depends on the configuration and layout .

What has your kitchen designer suggested? I certainly hope there is someone knowledgeable coordinating the details to be a coherent whole instead of a hot mess. And that you’re not dealing with a faux custom cabinet guy fobning off finishing things inside your house instead of the properly ventilated finishing booth in the shop.