Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes / CC-470 / AC-32 / Rocky Road / Pismo Dunes / 997
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- Baja Dunes for bedroom (1 photo)
- Baja Dunes for exterior (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes reviews (2 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes undertones?
- Is Baja Dunes 997 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Baja Dunes
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Baja Dunes 997
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Baja Dunes 997 |
| Code: | 997 |
| Name: | Baja Dunes |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes?
Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes 997 is a muted light beige with a noticeable gray cast and gentle warmth. Its softened, low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly yellow, making it a grounded option for living rooms, bedrooms, or open-plan hallways. In bright daylight, Baja Dunes can appear lighter and more neutral, while evening lighting may bring forward its warmer tan-beige side. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal details, weathered oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass for a layered, natural-looking interior. It is especially well suited to full walls and can also give cabinetry a quiet, understated presence.
Baja Dunes for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Baja Dunes for exterior
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes reviews (2 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes undertones?
Baja Dunes reads as a mid-light, muted beige-taupe with a soft, low-saturation overall character. In the supplied digital sample, it leans subtly warm, with a faint orange-brown bias rather than a strong yellow or pink cast. Benjamin Moore describes it as “a deep neutral grounded by stony gray undertones,” which helps explain why its warm beige family can still appear restrained and earthy rather than overtly warm. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige-brown warmth, while cool daylight can make the gray influence seem more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
183, 170, 154
Is Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
997 Baja Dunes HSL code: 33, 17%, 66%
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 Baja Dunes
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes:
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
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 Baja Dunes with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Benjamin Moore Van Courtland Blue and Nocturnal Gray.
LRV of Baja Dunes
Baja Dunes has an LRV of 41.31% 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 41.31%, 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 | #B7AA9A |
| RGB Decimal | 183, 170, 154 |
| RGB Percent | 71.76%, 66.67%, 60.39% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 15.85% Value: 71.76% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 17, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.1 Yellow: 15.85 Key: 28.24 |
| YIQ | Y: 172.063 I: 12.888 Q: -2.229 |
| XYZ | X: 39.735 Y: 41.151 Z: 36.413 |
| CIE Lab | L:70.281 a:1.963 b:9.938 |
| CIE Luv | L:70.281 u:8.763 v:13.714 |
| Decimal | 12036762 |
| Hunter Lab | 64.149, -1.693, 11.249 |
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