Benjamin Moore Natural Cream / 1521 / Nature's Essentials / OC-14
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- Natural Cream for bedroom (4 photos)
- Natural Cream for living room (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore OC-14 on kitchen cabinets (8 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Natural Cream reviews (3 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Natural Cream undertones?
- Is Natural Cream OC-14 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Natural Cream
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Natural Cream OC-14
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Natural Cream OC-14 |
| Code: | OC-14 |
| Name: | Natural Cream |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Natural Cream?
Benjamin Moore Natural Cream OC-14 is a light, muted beige with a soft creamy cast and a gentle gray-taupe restraint. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overtly yellow, giving walls a calm, lightly warmed neutral appearance. In bright daylight, Natural Cream can look pale and airy, while evening or north-facing light may bring out its quieter beige-gray side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and connected open-plan spaces where a softer alternative to stark white is needed. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, brushed brass, or deeper mushroom and charcoal accents.
Natural Cream for bedroom (4 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Natural Cream for living room (2 photos)
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore OC-14 on kitchen cabinets (8 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Benjamin Moore Natural Cream reviews (3 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Benjamin Moore Natural Cream undertones?
Natural Cream OC-14 reads as a light, very muted greige with a soft off-white depth rather than a crisp white look. In the supplied digital sample, its subtle color bias leans yellow, which can make the neutral base appear gently warm, though that bias is faint and should not be treated as a fixed paint-formula undertone. Benjamin Moore describes it as a light greige that works with both warm and cool color schemes, which fits its balanced beige-gray character. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make its gray-neutral side appear more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
218, 213, 198
Is Benjamin Moore Natural Cream cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 45°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
OC-14 Natural Cream HSL code: 45, 21%, 82%
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 Natural 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 Natural 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
OC-14
Natural Cream
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 Natural Cream 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 Natural Cream
Natural Cream has an LRV of 64.78% 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 64.78%, 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 | #DAD5C6 |
| RGB Decimal | 218, 213, 198 |
| RGB Percent | 85.49%, 83.53%, 77.65% |
| HSV | Hue: 45° Saturation: 9.17% Value: 85.49% |
| HSL | hsl(45, 21, 82) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.29 Yellow: 9.17 Key: 14.51 |
| YIQ | Y: 212.785 I: 7.8 Q: -3.61 |
| XYZ | X: 62.899 Y: 66.572 Z: 62.947 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.287 a:-0.866 b:8.023 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.287 u:3.754 v:12.04 |
| Decimal | 14341574 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.591, -5.18, 11.373 |
Color equivalents
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Neutral Ground
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