Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious 390
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- Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious reviews (23 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious undertones?
- Is Golden Delicious 390 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Golden Delicious
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Golden Delicious 390
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Golden Delicious 390 |
| Code: | 390 |
| Name: | Golden Delicious |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious?
Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious 390 is a muted golden yellow with a soft olive-khaki undertone that keeps it from reading overly bright. Its medium-light depth gives walls a warm, sun-washed appearance, especially in rooms with natural afternoon light. In cooler or shaded spaces, Golden Delicious can look more earthy and subdued, with its greenish cast becoming slightly more noticeable. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, mudrooms, and built-in cabinetry where a grounded yellow feels more appropriate than a clear buttercup shade. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, aged brass, terracotta, or deep olive accents for a layered, organic palette.
Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious reviews (23 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious undertones?
Golden Delicious is a light, soft straw yellow. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:
RGB code:
217, 205, 122
Is Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 52° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
390 Golden Delicious HSL code: 52, 56%, 66%
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 Golden Delicious
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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Golden Delicious:
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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Golden Delicious
Darker shades
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Golden Delicious
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 Golden Delicious with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 232, such as Benjamin Moore Spring Purple and Blue Heron.
LRV of Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious has an LRV of 56.34% 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 56.34%, 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 | #D9CD7A |
| RGB Decimal | 217, 205, 122 |
| RGB Percent | 85.10%, 80.39%, 47.84% |
| HSV | Hue: 52° Saturation: 43.78% Value: 85.1% |
| HSL | hsl(52, 56, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.53 Yellow: 43.78 Key: 14.9 |
| YIQ | Y: 199.126 I: 33.822 Q: -23.291 |
| XYZ | X: 53.96 Y: 59.821 Z: 27.111 |
| CIE Lab | L:81.741 a:-7.283 b:42.696 |
| CIE Luv | L:81.741 u:11.885 v:56.374 |
| Decimal | 14273914 |
| Hunter Lab | 77.344, -10.819, 33.358 |
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