Behr Celery Powder PPU8-18
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| Code: | PPU8-18 |
| Name: | Celery Powder |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Celery Powder?
Behr Celery Powder PPU8-18 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable khaki cast and soft yellow-olive undertones. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading bright or overly green, giving walls a gently weathered, earthy appearance. In warm daylight, Celery Powder can look more golden and sandy, while cooler light may bring out its subdued gray-green side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a neutral needs a little more character than cream or greige. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven linen, and aged brass, or add contrast through charcoal accents and deep olive textiles.
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What are Behr Celery Powder undertones?
Celery Powder is a mid-light, muted straw beige. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:
RGB code:
197, 189, 165
Is Behr Celery Powder cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 45°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU8-18 Celery Powder HSL code: 45, 22%, 71%
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 Celery Powder
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Celery Powder:
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
PPU8-18
Celery Powder
Darker shades
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 Celery Powder with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 225, such as Behr Hypnotic and Midnight Blue.
LRV of Celery Powder
Celery Powder has an LRV of 50.68% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 50.68%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #c5bda5 |
| RGB Decimal | 197, 189, 165 |
| RGB Percent | 77.25%, 74.12%, 64.71% |
| HSV | Hue: 45° Saturation: 16.24% Value: 77.25% |
| HSL | hsl(45, 22, 71) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.06 Yellow: 16.24 Key: 22.75 |
| YIQ | Y: 188.656 I: 12.479 Q: -5.776 |
| XYZ | X: 48.014 Y: 50.983 Z: 42.898 |
| CIE Lab | L:76.669 a:-1.223 b:13.154 |
| CIE Luv | L:76.669 u:6.14 v:18.981 |
| Decimal | 12959141 |
| Hunter Lab | 71.402, -4.923, 14.36 |
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