Behr Organic Field PPU9-19
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| Code: | PPU9-19 |
| Name: | Organic Field |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Organic Field?
Behr Organic Field PPU9-19 is a light, muted beige with a soft yellow-gray cast that keeps it from reading overly creamy. Its low saturation gives walls a gently weathered, earthy look, while the pale value helps smaller rooms stay open. In daylight, this shade can show more of its quiet khaki warmth; under cooler artificial light, its gray side becomes more noticeable. Use it in living rooms, bedrooms, or hallways with warm white trim, oak, linen, and woven natural-fiber accents. Deep charcoal, dusty olive, and aged bronze provide grounded contrast for cabinetry hardware or furnishings.
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What are Behr Organic Field undertones?
Organic Field 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:
198, 194, 171
Is Behr Organic Field cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 51°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-19 Organic Field HSL code: 51, 19%, 72%
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 Organic Field
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Organic Field:
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
PPU9-19
Organic Field
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 Organic Field 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 Organic Field
Organic Field has an LRV of 53.04% 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 53.04%, 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 | #c6c2ab |
| RGB Decimal | 198, 194, 171 |
| RGB Percent | 77.65%, 76.08%, 67.06% |
| HSV | Hue: 51° Saturation: 13.64% Value: 77.65% |
| HSL | hsl(51, 19, 72) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.02 Yellow: 13.64 Key: 22.35 |
| YIQ | Y: 192.574 I: 9.775 Q: -6.311 |
| XYZ | X: 49.93 Y: 53.53 Z: 46.219 |
| CIE Lab | L:78.187 a:-2.54 b:12.083 |
| CIE Luv | L:78.187 u:3.643 v:17.834 |
| Decimal | 13025963 |
| Hunter Lab | 73.164, -6.223, 13.761 |
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