Behr Pale Honey PPU6-08
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| Code: | PPU6-08 |
| Name: | Pale Honey |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Pale Honey?
Behr Pale Honey PPU6-08 is a light, creamy golden beige with clear warm yellow and soft peach undertones. Its pale value keeps the color airy rather than heavy, while the honeyed cast gives white rooms a noticeably warmer backdrop. In bright daylight, Pale Honey can read as a gentle sunlit neutral; under warm lamps, its golden character becomes more pronounced. It suits kitchens, breakfast areas, hallways, and living rooms where a clean white might feel too stark. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, terracotta, or muted olive accents for a grounded, sun-warmed palette.
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What are Behr Pale Honey undertones?
Pale Honey is a 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:
245, 214, 170
Is Behr Pale Honey cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 35° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
PPU6-08 Pale Honey HSL code: 35, 79%, 81%
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 Honey
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 Honey:
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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Pale Honey
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 Pale Honey with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 215, such as Behr Early September and Blue Chalk.
LRV of Pale Honey
Pale Honey has an LRV of 70.17% 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 70.17%, 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 | #f5d6aa |
| RGB Decimal | 245, 214, 170 |
| RGB Percent | 96.08%, 83.92%, 66.67% |
| HSV | Hue: 35° Saturation: 30.61% Value: 96.08% |
| HSL | hsl(35, 79, 81) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 12.65 Yellow: 30.61 Key: 3.92 |
| YIQ | Y: 218.253 I: 32.612 Q: -7.135 |
| XYZ | X: 68.959 Y: 70.41 Z: 47.977 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.198 a:4.466 b:25.736 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.198 u:22.123 v:35.152 |
| Decimal | 16111274 |
| Hunter Lab | 83.911, -0.151, 24.838 |
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