Dulux Almond Butter

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What are Dulux Almond Butter undertones?
Is Almond Butter cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Almond Butter
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Almond Butter
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Almond Butter?

Dulux Almond Butter is a light, muted golden beige with soft yellow and tan undertones. Its warmth is noticeable without reading overly orange, giving walls a gently sunlit appearance in rooms with natural daylight. In lower light, Almond Butter can look more subdued and earthy, closer to a softened beige than a clear yellow. It suits living rooms, dining areas, and bedrooms, particularly alongside warm white trim, natural oak, woven linen, and matte black hardware. For contrast, pair this color with dusty blue, olive green, or deeper brown accents.

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What are Dulux Almond Butter undertones?

Almond Butter is a light, soft golden beige. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#E2CD9E

RGB code:

226, 205, 158

Is Dulux Almond Butter cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 41° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

Almond Butter HSL code: 41, 54%, 75%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Almond Butter

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Yellow shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Almond Butter:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Almond Butter with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 221, such as Dulux Imperial Mauve 2 and Niagara Blues 4.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#E2CD9E
RGB Decimal	226, 205, 158
RGB Percent	88.63%, 80.39%, 61.96%
HSV	Hue: 41° Saturation: 30.09% Value: 88.63%
HSL	hsl(41, 54, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 9.29 Yellow: 30.09 Key: 11.37
YIQ	Y: 205.921 I: 27.617 Q: -10.184
XYZ	X: 59.367 Y: 62.302 Z: 41.237
CIE Lab	L:83.074 a:0.363 b:26.116
CIE Luv	L:83.074 u:15.81 v:36.045
Decimal	14863774
Hunter Lab	78.932, -3.874, 24.277