Behr Soft Boiled P270-6
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| Code: | P270-6 |
| Name: | Soft Boiled |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Soft Boiled?
Behr Soft Boiled P270-6 is a vivid golden yellow with a clear orange cast, landing closer to marigold than to a soft butter yellow. Its high saturation gives walls a sunny, energetic presence, especially in kitchens, breakfast nooks, playrooms, or a front-door accent. In bright daylight, this shade reads crisp and cheerful; under warm evening bulbs, its orange undertone becomes more noticeable. Pair Soft Boiled with clean white trim, deep charcoal, muted navy, or natural oak to give the color definition. It can also bring welcome brightness to lower cabinetry or a painted interior door when a full wall feels too bold.
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What are Behr Soft Boiled undertones?
Soft Boiled is a light, clear 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:
255, 183, 55
Is Behr Soft Boiled cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 38° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
P270-6 Soft Boiled HSL code: 38, 100%, 61%
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 Soft Boiled
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 Soft Boiled:
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
P270-6
Soft Boiled
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 Soft Boiled with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Behr Peaceful River and Seashore Dreams.
LRV of Soft Boiled
Soft Boiled has an LRV of 51.44% 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 51.44%, 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 | #ffb737 |
| RGB Decimal | 255, 183, 55 |
| RGB Percent | 100.00%, 71.76%, 21.57% |
| HSV | Hue: 38° Saturation: 78.43% Value: 100.0% |
| HSL | hsl(38, 100, 61) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 28.24 Yellow: 78.43 Key: 0.0 |
| YIQ | Y: 189.936 I: 84.037 Q: -24.603 |
| XYZ | X: 58.867 Y: 55.408 Z: 11.208 |
| CIE Lab | L:79.276 a:15.53 b:70.537 |
| CIE Luv | L:79.276 u:58.851 v:73.769 |
| Decimal | 16758583 |
| Hunter Lab | 74.436, 10.901, 43.178 |
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