Behr Fresh Willow HDC-CT-27A
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| Code: | HDC-CT-27A |
| Name: | Fresh Willow |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Fresh Willow?
Behr Fresh Willow HDC-CT-27A is a light, muted yellow-beige with a soft earthy cast. Its low saturation keeps the color from reading overly sunny, giving it a gently aged, parchment-like appearance instead. In bright daylight, Fresh Willow can look creamier and more yellow, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its subdued khaki quality. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, and living spaces where natural wood, woven fibers, and warm white trim are part of the palette. Pair it with oatmeal linen, honey-toned oak, matte black hardware, or deeper olive accents for contrast.
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What are Behr Fresh Willow undertones?
Fresh Willow is a light, soft straw yellow. 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:
225, 217, 170
Is Behr Fresh Willow cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 51°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
HDC-CT-27A Fresh Willow HSL code: 51, 48%, 77%
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 Fresh Willow
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 Fresh Willow:
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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Fresh Willow
Darker shades
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Fresh Willow
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 Fresh Willow with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 231, such as Behr Paparazzi Flash and Blue Aura.
LRV of Fresh Willow
Fresh Willow has an LRV of 67.15% 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 67.15%, 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 | #e1d9aa |
| RGB Decimal | 225, 217, 170 |
| RGB Percent | 88.24%, 85.10%, 66.67% |
| HSV | Hue: 51° Saturation: 24.44% Value: 88.24% |
| HSL | hsl(51, 48, 77) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.56 Yellow: 24.44 Key: 11.76 |
| YIQ | Y: 214.034 I: 19.87 Q: -12.934 |
| XYZ | X: 63.119 Y: 68.537 Z: 47.923 |
| CIE Lab | L:86.274 a:-4.611 b:24.201 |
| CIE Luv | L:86.274 u:7.408 v:34.932 |
| Decimal | 14801322 |
| Hunter Lab | 82.787, -8.783, 23.629 |
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