Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream / 1066 / CC-140 / Barely Beige / OC-96
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- Gentle Cream for living room (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream reviews (4 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream undertones?
- Is Gentle Cream OC-96 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Gentle Cream
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Gentle Cream OC-96
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Gentle Cream OC-96 |
| Code: | OC-96 |
| Name: | Gentle Cream |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream?
Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream OC-96 is a light, softly muted cream with a noticeable beige-gold cast. Its warmth is gentle rather than yellow, giving walls a pale, sun-warmed appearance without reading stark white. In bright daylight, this shade can look airy and lightly creamy; under warm evening bulbs, its beige undertone becomes more apparent. Gentle Cream suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and ceilings where a low-contrast, warm neutral is wanted. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, soft white trim, or deeper clay and olive accents for definition.
Gentle Cream for living room (4 photos)
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Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream reviews (4 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream undertones?
Gentle Cream OC-96 reads as a light, muted cream in the yellow-beige family, with more depth than a stark white and low saturation. In the supplied digital color, the relative bias leans yellow, giving it a soft warmth without looking strongly golden. Benjamin Moore describes it as a “bisque hue” with warmth and depth, which aligns with its visibly creamy main color family rather than a crisp white appearance. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy yellow-beige cast, while cool daylight can make it appear lighter and less warm.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
233, 221, 197
Is Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 40° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.
OC-96 Gentle Cream HSL code: 40, 45%, 84%
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 Gentle Cream
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 Gentle Cream:
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 Gentle Cream with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.
LRV of Gentle Cream
Gentle Cream has an LRV of 71.32% 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 71.32%, 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 | #E9DDC5 |
| RGB Decimal | 233, 221, 197 |
| RGB Percent | 91.37%, 86.67%, 77.25% |
| HSV | Hue: 40° Saturation: 15.45% Value: 91.37% |
| HSL | hsl(40, 45, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.15 Yellow: 15.45 Key: 8.63 |
| YIQ | Y: 221.852 I: 14.863 Q: -4.93 |
| XYZ | X: 69.537 Y: 73.069 Z: 63.249 |
| CIE Lab | L:88.481 a:0.189 b:13.263 |
| CIE Luv | L:88.481 u:8.498 v:19.415 |
| Decimal | 15326661 |
| Hunter Lab | 85.48, -4.383, 15.966 |
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