Behr Dainty Apricot P220-4
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| Code: | P220-4 |
| Name: | Dainty Apricot |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Dainty Apricot?
Behr Dainty Apricot P220-4 is a light, sun-warmed peach with a clear apricot cast and a soft, creamy brightness. Its orange-pink character keeps it cheerful without reading overly saturated, especially across larger wall areas. In daylight, Dainty Apricot can look fresh and lightly citrusy; under warm evening bulbs, it shifts toward a richer peach. It suits breakfast nooks, children’s rooms, powder rooms, and bedrooms where a gentle warm color is wanted without going dark. Pair it with warm white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, and muted sage or dusty blue accents for contrast.
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What are Behr Dainty Apricot undertones?
Dainty Apricot is a light, soft peachy beige. The HEX sample leans 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:
RGB code:
253, 197, 146
Is Behr Dainty Apricot cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 29° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
P220-4 Dainty Apricot HSL code: 29, 96%, 78%
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 Dainty Apricot
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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Dainty Apricot:
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
P220-4
Dainty Apricot
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 Dainty Apricot with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 209, such as Behr French Porcelain and Perfect Sky.
LRV of Dainty Apricot
Dainty Apricot has an LRV of 62.92% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 62.92%, 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 | #fdc592 |
| RGB Decimal | 253, 197, 146 |
| RGB Percent | 99.22%, 77.25%, 57.25% |
| HSV | Hue: 29° Saturation: 42.29% Value: 99.22% |
| HSL | hsl(29, 96, 78) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 22.13 Yellow: 42.29 Key: 0.78 |
| YIQ | Y: 207.93 I: 49.759 Q: -4.025 |
| XYZ | X: 65.664 Y: 62.894 Z: 35.868 |
| CIE Lab | L:83.387 a:13.621 b:33.23 |
| CIE Luv | L:83.387 u:40.513 v:41.807 |
| Decimal | 16631186 |
| Hunter Lab | 79.306, 9.011, 28.699 |
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