Benjamin Moore Golden Hills 262
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- Benjamin Moore Golden Hills reviews (23 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Golden Hills undertones?
- Is Golden Hills 262 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Golden Hills
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Golden Hills 262
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Golden Hills 262 |
| Code: | 262 |
| Name: | Golden Hills |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Golden Hills?
Benjamin Moore Golden Hills 262 is a light, muted golden beige with a soft yellow cast and a gently earthy quality. Its pale value keeps it from feeling heavy, while the subdued saturation makes the warmth read more like sun-faded wheat than bright gold. In strong daylight, Golden Hills can show its creamy yellow side; under warmer lamps, it settles into a deeper, softly tan beige. It suits living rooms, dining areas, and hallways where a quiet wash of warmth is wanted without using a pronounced yellow. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven grasscloth, and clay-toned accents, or add contrast through deep olive green or charcoal details.
Benjamin Moore Golden Hills reviews (23 photos)
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What are Benjamin Moore Golden Hills undertones?
Golden Hills is a light, muted 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:
225, 213, 170
Is Benjamin Moore Golden Hills cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 47° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
262 Golden Hills HSL code: 47, 48%, 77%
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 Hills
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 Hills:
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 Hills
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 Golden Hills with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 227, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.
LRV of Golden Hills
Golden Hills has an LRV of 63.82% 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 63.82%, 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
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #E1D5AA |
| RGB Decimal | 225, 213, 170 |
| RGB Percent | 88.24%, 83.53%, 66.67% |
| HSV | Hue: 47° Saturation: 24.44% Value: 88.24% |
| HSL | hsl(47, 48, 77) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.33 Yellow: 24.44 Key: 11.76 |
| YIQ | Y: 211.686 I: 20.969 Q: -10.843 |
| XYZ | X: 62.101 Y: 66.5 Z: 47.584 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.251 a:-2.559 b:22.797 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.251 u:9.707 v:32.625 |
| Decimal | 14800298 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.547, -6.775, 22.487 |
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