Behr Sweet As Honey P290-2
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| Code: | P290-2 |
| Name: | Sweet As Honey |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Sweet As Honey?
Behr Sweet As Honey P290-2 is a pale, sunlit yellow with a creamy cast and a soft golden warmth. Its light value keeps it airy on broad walls, while the gentle saturation prevents it from reading as a sharp or citrusy yellow. In bright daylight, this shade can look especially luminous; under warmer evening lighting, its buttery undertones become more noticeable. It suits kitchens, breakfast nooks, children’s rooms, and any space that could use a light wash of warmth. Pair Sweet As Honey with warm white trim, natural oak, woven textures, and muted greens or soft blue-grays for contrast.
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What are Behr Sweet As Honey undertones?
Sweet As Honey is a near-white, soft 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:
255, 233, 172
Is Behr Sweet As Honey cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 44° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
P290-2 Sweet As Honey HSL code: 44, 100%, 84%
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 Sweet As 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 Sweet As 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
P290-2
Sweet As Honey
Darker shades
LRV of Sweet As Honey
Sweet As Honey has an LRV of 81.13% 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 81.13%, 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 | #ffe9ac |
| RGB Decimal | 255, 233, 172 |
| RGB Percent | 100.00%, 91.37%, 67.45% |
| HSV | Hue: 44° Saturation: 32.55% Value: 100.0% |
| HSL | hsl(44, 100, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.63 Yellow: 32.55 Key: 0.0 |
| YIQ | Y: 232.624 I: 32.712 Q: -14.329 |
| XYZ | X: 77.826 Y: 82.519 Z: 50.847 |
| CIE Lab | L:92.803 a:-1.211 b:32.426 |
| CIE Luv | L:92.803 u:17.129 v:45.264 |
| Decimal | 16771500 |
| Hunter Lab | 90.84, -6.043, 30.401 |
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