Benjamin Moore Summer Harvest 206
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| Official page: | Summer Harvest 206 |
| Code: | 206 |
| Name: | Summer Harvest |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Summer Harvest?
Benjamin Moore Summer Harvest 206 is a light, creamy yellow-beige with a soft golden cast rather than a bright lemon tone. Its muted saturation keeps it gentle on large wall areas, where it reads like warm parchment or lightly buttered linen. In sunny rooms, Summer Harvest can appear clearer and more yellow, while lower or cooler light brings out its beige, mellow side. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, and hallways that benefit from a little warmth without the weight of a deeper gold. Pair it with warm white trim, honey-toned wood, natural linen, and muted olive or dusty blue accents for a grounded palette.
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What are Benjamin Moore Summer Harvest undertones?
Summer Harvest is a light, muted 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:
238, 223, 183
Is Benjamin Moore Summer Harvest cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 44° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
206 Summer Harvest HSL code: 44, 62%, 83%
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 Summer Harvest
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 Summer Harvest:
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
206
Summer Harvest
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 Summer Harvest with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 224, such as Benjamin Moore Old Blue Jeans and Deep Royal.
LRV of Summer Harvest
Summer Harvest has an LRV of 71% 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 71%, 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 | #EEDFB7 |
| RGB Decimal | 238, 223, 183 |
| RGB Percent | 93.33%, 87.45%, 71.76% |
| HSV | Hue: 44° Saturation: 23.11% Value: 93.33% |
| HSL | hsl(44, 62, 83) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.3 Yellow: 23.11 Key: 6.67 |
| YIQ | Y: 222.925 I: 21.792 Q: -9.275 |
| XYZ | X: 70.194 Y: 74.373 Z: 55.445 |
| CIE Lab | L:89.098 a:-1.06 b:21.495 |
| CIE Luv | L:89.098 u:11.37 v:30.932 |
| Decimal | 15654839 |
| Hunter Lab | 86.24, -5.631, 22.25 |
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