Benjamin Moore Golden Honey 297
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| Official page: | Golden Honey 297 |
| Code: | 297 |
| Name: | Golden Honey |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Golden Honey?
Benjamin Moore Golden Honey 297 is a light, sun-warmed yellow with a creamy cast and soft golden undertones. Its high brightness keeps the color airy rather than heavy, making it especially appealing on walls in breakfast rooms, kitchens, and hallways that need more visible warmth. In direct daylight, Golden Honey can read as a clear, buttery pale yellow, while evening light draws out its richer honeyed depth. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven grasses, and muted terracotta for a grounded palette, or use charcoal and deep olive accents to give it more contrast. This shade is best suited to broad wall areas or a cheerful ceiling rather than small, high-contrast details.
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What are Benjamin Moore Golden Honey undertones?
Golden Honey is a light, soft warm cream. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; 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:
250, 225, 160
Is Benjamin Moore Golden Honey cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 43° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
297 Golden Honey HSL code: 43, 90%, 80%
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 Honey
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 Honey:
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
297
Golden Honey
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 Honey with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Benjamin Moore Marine Blue and White Satin.
LRV of Golden Honey
Golden Honey has an LRV of 72.82% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 72.82%, 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
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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 | #FAE1A0 |
| RGB Decimal | 250, 225, 160 |
| RGB Percent | 98.04%, 88.24%, 62.75% |
| HSV | Hue: 43° Saturation: 36.0% Value: 98.04% |
| HSL | hsl(43, 90, 80) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 10.0 Yellow: 36.0 Key: 1.96 |
| YIQ | Y: 225.065 I: 35.785 Q: -14.94 |
| XYZ | X: 72.696 Y: 76.715 Z: 44.226 |
| CIE Lab | L:90.19 a:-0.461 b:34.97 |
| CIE Luv | L:90.19 u:19.446 v:47.833 |
| Decimal | 16441760 |
| Hunter Lab | 87.587, -5.126, 31.373 |
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