Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge 1233

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What are Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge undertones?
Is Cedar Ridge 1233 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cedar Ridge
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Cedar Ridge 1233
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Cedar Ridge 1233
Code:	1233
Name:	Cedar Ridge
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge?

Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge 1233 is a muted, light-to-medium beige with a noticeable rosy cast and soft brown-gray grounding. Its warm pink undertone keeps it from reading flat, while the subdued saturation gives it a gently weathered look rather than a sugary blush. In bright daylight, Cedar Ridge can appear like a pale clay beige; under warmer lamps, the pink and tan notes become more apparent. It suits bedrooms, dining rooms, and living areas where a soft neutral with more character than standard beige is wanted. Pair it with creamy off-whites, dusty greens, aged brass, natural oak, or linen upholstery for a layered, earth-based palette.

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What are Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge undertones?

Cedar Ridge is a mid-light, muted muted beige. The HEX sample leans 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:

#CDB5AA

RGB code:

205, 181, 170

Is Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 19°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

1233 Cedar Ridge HSL code: 19, 26%, 74%

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 Cedar Ridge

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

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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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cedar Ridge:

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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Darker shades

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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 Cedar Ridge with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 199, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.

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LRV of Cedar Ridge

Cedar Ridge has an LRV of 47.82% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why 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 47.82%, 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

Format	Code
HEX	#CDB5AA
RGB Decimal	205, 181, 170
RGB Percent	80.39%, 70.98%, 66.67%
HSV	Hue: 19° Saturation: 17.07% Value: 80.39%
HSL	hsl(19, 26, 74)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 11.71 Yellow: 17.07 Key: 19.61
YIQ	Y: 186.922 I: 17.836 Q: 1.654
XYZ	X: 48.956 Y: 48.93 Z: 44.885
CIE Lab	L:75.408 a:6.797 b:8.752
CIE Luv	L:75.408 u:15.268 v:11.372
Decimal	13481386
Hunter Lab	69.95, 2.513, 10.921