Honey Tea
Behr MQ2-18
- HEX
- #D8BE89
- RGB
- 216, 190, 137
- LAB
- 78.0, 1.7, 30.2
- LRV
- ≈ 53
- Family
- Yellow, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1014 Ivory
With an LRV of about 53, Honey Tea reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Honey Tea in other brands
- Madeleine Little Greene Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
- Hummus Glidden PPG16-10 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
- Hummus PPG 16-10 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
- Toasted Marshmallow Dunn-Edwards DE6165 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
- Lavender Honey Johnstone's Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
- Honey Nut Dulux UK 1977097 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Abstract Behr M320-4 Yellow
- Cup Of Tea Behr PPU6-16 Orange
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
- Protanopia Reads as yellow
- Tritanopia Reads as pink
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Honey Tea warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 30.2 and a value of 1.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Little Greene color to Honey Tea?
Madeleine (Little Greene), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Honey Tea?
≈ 53. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.