Dulux Beauty Cream

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

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Name:	Beauty Cream
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Beauty Cream?

Dulux Beauty Cream is a muted, medium-light beige with a softly weathered cast rather than a bright buttery cream look. Its #AFA490 value shows a restrained mix of warm tan and gentle gray, giving the color a grounded, low-saturation appearance. In daylight, it can read as a quiet greige-beige, while warmer artificial light draws out its subtle sandy warmth. Use it on living room or bedroom walls where a calm neutral backdrop is wanted without drifting into stark off-white. Beauty Cream pairs well with chalky white trim, dark walnut, natural linen, aged brass, and charcoal accents.

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What are Dulux Beauty Cream undertones?

Beauty Cream is a mid-light, muted muted 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:

#AFA490

RGB code:

175, 164, 144

Is Dulux Beauty Cream cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Beauty Cream HSL code: 39, 16%, 63%

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 Beauty Cream

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Beauty Cream:

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 Beauty Cream with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Dulux Smoke Grey and Mystic Mauve 6.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#AFA490
RGB Decimal	175, 164, 144
RGB Percent	68.63%, 64.31%, 56.47%
HSV	Hue: 39° Saturation: 17.71% Value: 68.63%
HSL	hsl(39, 16, 63)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.29 Yellow: 17.71 Key: 31.37
YIQ	Y: 165.009 I: 12.982 Q: -3.897
XYZ	X: 35.988 Y: 37.679 Z: 31.755
CIE Lab	L:67.784 a:0.588 b:11.823
CIE Luv	L:67.784 u:7.805 v:16.378
Decimal	11510928
Hunter Lab	61.383, -2.769, 12.296