Benjamin Moore Celery Salt / 938 / OC-136
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| Official page: | Celery Salt OC-136 |
| Code: | OC-136 |
| Name: | Celery Salt |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Celery Salt?
Benjamin Moore Celery Salt OC-136 is a pale, muted off-white with a soft yellow-beige cast and a faint khaki undertone. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overtly creamy, giving walls a lightly weathered, natural look rather than a crisp white finish. In bright daylight, Celery Salt can appear gently sun-warmed, while cooler light brings out its quieter gray-green edge. It suits bedrooms, kitchens, and living areas where a soft backdrop is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair it with warm oak, aged brass, linen upholstery, and deeper olive, putty, or charcoal accents.
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What are Benjamin Moore Celery Salt undertones?
Celery Salt is a light, very muted cream. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:
230, 228, 207
Is Benjamin Moore Celery Salt cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 55°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
OC-136 Celery Salt HSL code: 55, 32%, 86%
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 Celery Salt
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Celery Salt:
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
OC-136
Celery Salt
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 Celery Salt with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 235, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Luxe.
LRV of Celery Salt
Celery Salt has an LRV of 74.93% 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 74.93%, 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 | #E6E4CF |
| RGB Decimal | 230, 228, 207 |
| RGB Percent | 90.20%, 89.41%, 81.18% |
| HSV | Hue: 55° Saturation: 10.0% Value: 90.2% |
| HSL | hsl(55, 32, 86) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.87 Yellow: 10.0 Key: 9.8 |
| YIQ | Y: 226.204 I: 7.94 Q: -6.112 |
| XYZ | X: 71.637 Y: 76.815 Z: 70.068 |
| CIE Lab | L:90.237 a:-2.89 b:10.497 |
| CIE Luv | L:90.237 u:2.316 v:16.124 |
| Decimal | 15131855 |
| Hunter Lab | 87.644, -7.479, 13.952 |
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