Benjamin Moore Baby Chick 2023-20

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Official page:Baby Chick 2023-20
Code:2023-20
Name:Baby Chick
Brand:Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Baby Chick?

Benjamin Moore Baby Chick 2023-20 is a clear, high-saturation golden yellow with a warm, sunlit cast. Its strong color presence makes it especially effective on a front door, kitchen island, breakfast nook wall, or painted furniture rather than across every wall of a large room. In bright daylight, Baby Chick reads as crisp and energetic, while evening light can bring out a deeper honeyed tone. Pair it with clean white trim for contrast, charcoal or black accents for definition, or natural oak and woven materials to echo its warmth. Cool blue-gray textiles or deep navy details can temper the yellow and give it a more graphic, grounded look.

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What are Benjamin Moore Baby Chick undertones?

Baby Chick is a light, clear straw 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:

#F0CD00

RGB code:

240, 205, 0

Is Benjamin Moore Baby Chick cool or warm?

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Color wheel

At 51° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

2023-20 Baby Chick HSL code: 51, 100%, 47%

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 Baby Chick

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Bedroom daylight mockup
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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlightVisible temp.HueDuration
NorthCoolBluishAll day
EastWarmYellowBefore noon
WestWarmOrange-redAfter noon
SouthWarmOrange-yellowAll 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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Baby Chick:

Monochromatic color scheme

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

Darker shades

LRV of Baby Chick

Baby Chick has an LRV of 55.21% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 55.21%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

FormatCode
HEX#F0CD00
RGB Decimal240, 205, 0
RGB Percent94.12%, 80.39%, 0.00%
HSVHue: 51° Saturation: 100.0% Value: 94.12%
HSLhsl(51, 100, 47)
CMYKCyan: 0.0 Magenta: 14.58 Yellow: 100.0 Key: 5.88
YIQY: 192.095 I: 86.732 Q: -56.392
XYZX: 57.77 Y: 62.192 Z: 8.961
CIE LabL:83.015 a:-3.253 b:83.719
CIE LuvL:83.015 u:31.576 v:88.22
Decimal15781120
Hunter Lab78.862, -7.248, 48.466

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