Benjamin Moore Clay Beige / 965 / Temporal Spirit / OC-11

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Benjamin Moore Clay Beige reviews (5 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Clay Beige undertones?
Is Clay Beige OC-11 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Clay Beige
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Clay Beige OC-11
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Clay Beige OC-11
Code:	OC-11
Name:	Clay Beige
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Clay Beige?

Benjamin Moore Clay Beige OC-11 is a light, muted beige with a soft warm cast and a gently weathered look. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the creamy beige base can pick up a faint gray-khaki softness in cooler light. In sunlit rooms, Clay Beige appears lighter and warmer; under dim or cool artificial lighting, it takes on a more subdued neutral character. It is well suited to living room, bedroom, and hallway walls where a pale neutral is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, brushed brass, and charcoal or deep olive accents for contrast.

Benjamin Moore Clay Beige reviews (5 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Clay Beige undertones?

Clay Beige OC-11 reads as a light, low-saturation beige with a soft sandy cast rather than a strong yellow or brown presence. The supplied digital sample has a subtle yellow-leaning bias, though that bias is muted and not strong enough to treat as a fixed undertone. Benjamin Moore describes it as a warm, sandy shade with an overall muted cast, which fits its visible beige family and restrained colorfulness. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its sandy warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear a little more neutral and subdued.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#D9CFBB

RGB code:

217, 207, 187

Is Benjamin Moore Clay Beige cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 40°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

OC-11 Clay Beige HSL code: 40, 28%, 79%

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 Clay Beige

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Clay Beige:

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-11
Clay Beige

Darker shades

OC-11
Clay Beige

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 Clay Beige with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

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LRV of Clay Beige

Clay Beige has an LRV of 61.61% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 61.61%, 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	#D9CFBB
RGB Decimal	217, 207, 187
RGB Percent	85.10%, 81.18%, 73.33%
HSV	Hue: 40° Saturation: 13.82% Value: 85.1%
HSL	hsl(40, 28, 79)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.61 Yellow: 13.82 Key: 14.9
YIQ	Y: 207.71 I: 12.386 Q: -4.109
XYZ	X: 59.896 Y: 62.966 Z: 55.999
CIE Lab	L:83.425 a:0.117 b:11.182
CIE Luv	L:83.425 u:7.068 v:16.304
Decimal	14274491
Hunter Lab	79.351, -4.128, 13.705