Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk / 239 / Ivory Porcelain / OC-8
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- Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk reviews (2 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk undertones?
- Is Elephant Tusk OC-8 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Elephant Tusk
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Elephant Tusk OC-8
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Elephant Tusk OC-8 |
| Code: | OC-8 |
| Name: | Elephant Tusk |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk?
Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk OC-8 is a pale, muted beige with a soft creamy cast and gentle yellow warmth. Its light value keeps walls looking open without reading as stark white, while the low saturation gives it a lightly softened, powdery appearance. In bright daylight, Elephant Tusk can appear closer to an understated off-white; in warmer evening light, its beige and buttery notes become more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and whole-home wall color schemes where a quiet warm neutral is wanted. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, warm white trim, and deeper olive, clay, or charcoal accents for contrast.
Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk reviews (2 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk undertones?
Elephant Tusk OC-8 reads as a light, muted off-white with a clear yellow-cream direction and low saturation rather than a crisp white look. The supplied digital sample appears nearly neutral between red and green, while its yellow bias gives it a gently warm overall character. Benjamin Moore describes it as having a “soft putty undertone,” which fits its off-white main family by adding a subtle muted, beige-gray cast rather than making it strongly golden. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make its soft putty quality and muted off-white character more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
228, 220, 196
Is Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 45°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
OC-8 Elephant Tusk HSL code: 45, 37%, 83%
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 Elephant Tusk
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk:
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 Elephant Tusk with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 225, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.
LRV of Elephant Tusk
Elephant Tusk has an LRV of 69.5% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 69.5%, 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 | #E4DCC4 |
| RGB Decimal | 228, 220, 196 |
| RGB Percent | 89.41%, 86.27%, 76.86% |
| HSV | Hue: 45° Saturation: 14.04% Value: 89.41% |
| HSL | hsl(45, 37, 83) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.51 Yellow: 14.04 Key: 10.59 |
| YIQ | Y: 219.656 I: 12.479 Q: -5.776 |
| XYZ | X: 67.55 Y: 71.667 Z: 62.484 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.808 a:-1.245 b:12.778 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.808 u:6.071 v:18.978 |
| Decimal | 14998724 |
| Hunter Lab | 84.656, -5.717, 15.498 |
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