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Beige

Sherwin-Williams 2859

HEX
#DFC8B5
RGB
223, 200, 181
LAB
82.0, 5.1, 12.4
LRV
≈ 60
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
1015 Light Ivory
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With an LRV of about 60, Beige reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Beige in other brands

  • Floppy Hat KILZ LC160-02 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
  • Basking Benjamin Moore 1158 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Sandy Pink Jotun 2504 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
  • China Doll Dulux Australia S10E1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Onyx 75 Caparol 3D Onyx 75 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Hempel 50371 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as beige
  • Protanopia Reads as beige
  • Tritanopia Reads as pink
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns light orange
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.4 and a value of 5.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Beige?

Floppy Hat (LC160-02), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Beige?

≈ 60. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.