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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
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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

Lighter and darker in Behr

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.