Behr Pale Celery PPU9-16
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| Code: | PPU9-16 |
| Name: | Pale Celery |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Pale Celery?
Behr Pale Celery PPU9-16 is a very light, low-saturation yellow with a soft cream-like cast. Its equal red and green balance keeps it from reading strongly golden, while the lower blue content gives the shade its gentle warmth. In sunlit rooms, Pale Celery can appear airy and nearly off-white; under warmer bulbs, it takes on a fuller buttery tint. It is well suited to walls in kitchens, breakfast areas, and bedrooms, especially alongside crisp white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, or soft gray accents. For a quieter look, pair this color with warm white cabinetry and matte brass hardware rather than high-contrast dark finishes.
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What are Behr Pale Celery undertones?
Pale Celery is a near-white, muted pale 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:
233, 233, 199
Is Behr Pale Celery cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 60°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-16 Pale Celery HSL code: 60, 44%, 85%
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 Pale Celery
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 Pale Celery:
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
PPU9-16
Pale Celery
Darker shades
PPU9-16
Pale Celery
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 Pale Celery with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.
LRV of Pale Celery
Pale Celery has an LRV of 78.36% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 78.36%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #e9e9c7 |
| RGB Decimal | 233, 233, 199 |
| RGB Percent | 91.37%, 91.37%, 78.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 60° Saturation: 14.59% Value: 91.37% |
| HSL | hsl(60, 44, 85) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 14.59 Key: 8.63 |
| YIQ | Y: 229.124 I: 10.926 Q: -10.581 |
| XYZ | X: 73.05 Y: 79.726 Z: 65.558 |
| CIE Lab | L:91.562 a:-5.629 b:16.569 |
| CIE Luv | L:91.562 u:1.823 v:25.285 |
| Decimal | 15329735 |
| Hunter Lab | 89.289, -10.22, 18.971 |
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