Behr Honey Nougat S250-3
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| Code: | S250-3 |
| Name: | Honey Nougat |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Honey Nougat?
Behr Honey Nougat S250-3 is a light, warm beige with a noticeable peachy tan cast. Its softened orange undertone keeps it from reading like a flat cream, giving walls a gentle, sun-warmed appearance. In bright daylight, Honey Nougat can look lighter and more biscuit-like, while lower or warmer light brings out its muted apricot notes. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and dining areas where a pale neutral needs more warmth than a standard greige. Pair it with creamy whites, clay-toned accents, natural oak, woven rattan, or aged brass for a grounded palette.
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What are Behr Honey Nougat undertones?
Honey Nougat is a mid-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:
RGB code:
224, 187, 150
Is Behr Honey Nougat cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 30° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
S250-3 Honey Nougat HSL code: 30, 54%, 73%
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 Honey Nougat
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Honey Nougat:
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
S250-3
Honey Nougat
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 Honey Nougat with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Behr Alice White and Light Drizzle.
LRV of Honey Nougat
Honey Nougat has an LRV of 53.81% 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 53.81%, 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 | #e0bb96 |
| RGB Decimal | 224, 187, 150 |
| RGB Percent | 87.84%, 73.33%, 58.82% |
| HSV | Hue: 30° Saturation: 33.04% Value: 87.84% |
| HSL | hsl(30, 54, 73) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 16.52 Yellow: 33.04 Key: 12.16 |
| YIQ | Y: 193.845 I: 33.938 Q: -3.688 |
| XYZ | X: 54.016 Y: 53.592 Z: 36.345 |
| CIE Lab | L:78.223 a:8.022 b:23.717 |
| CIE Luv | L:78.223 u:26.047 v:31.003 |
| Decimal | 14728086 |
| Hunter Lab | 73.207, 3.596, 21.809 |
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