Benjamin Moore Royal Flax CSP-315

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Benjamin Moore Royal Flax reviews (3 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Royal Flax undertones?
Is Royal Flax CSP-315 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Royal Flax
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Royal Flax CSP-315
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Royal Flax CSP-315
Code:	CSP-315
Name:	Royal Flax
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Royal Flax?

Benjamin Moore Royal Flax CSP-315 is a light, muted beige with a gentle sandy warmth and a soft, gray-cast restraint. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly yellow, giving walls a quiet, naturally weathered look rather than a creamy tan finish. In bright daylight, Royal Flax can appear lightly sunlit and buff; in lower or cooler light, its subdued taupe-beige side becomes more noticeable. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a pale neutral is wanted without the starkness of off-white. Pair it with warm white trim, oatmeal linen, pale oak, aged brass, and deeper charcoal or mushroom accents.

Benjamin Moore Royal Flax reviews (3 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Royal Flax undertones?

Royal Flax is a mid-light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:

#CEC0AE

RGB code:

206, 192, 174

Is Benjamin Moore Royal Flax cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 34°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

CSP-315 Royal Flax HSL code: 34, 25%, 75%

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 Royal Flax

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Royal Flax:

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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Darker shades

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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 Royal Flax with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Benjamin Moore Nocturnal Gray and Blue Spruce.

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LRV of Royal Flax

Royal Flax has an LRV of 53.33% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 53.33%, 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	#CEC0AE
RGB Decimal	206, 192, 174
RGB Percent	80.78%, 75.29%, 68.24%
HSV	Hue: 34° Saturation: 15.53% Value: 80.78%
HSL	hsl(34, 25, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.8 Yellow: 15.53 Key: 19.22
YIQ	Y: 194.134 I: 14.127 Q: -2.64
XYZ	X: 51.942 Y: 53.878 Z: 47.696
CIE Lab	L:78.391 a:1.931 b:10.849
CIE Luv	L:78.391 u:9.443 v:15.305
Decimal	13549742
Hunter Lab	73.402, -2.139, 12.855