Dulux Caramel Sand 5 / Subtle Seashell / 20YY 67/084

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What are Dulux Caramel Sand 5 undertones?
Is Caramel Sand 5 20YY 67/084 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Caramel Sand 5
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	20YY 67/084
Name:	Caramel Sand 5
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Caramel Sand 5?

Dulux Caramel Sand 5 20YY 67/084 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm cast and a softly weathered, low-saturation appearance. Its creamy tan base carries subtle peachy-beige undertones rather than reading as a sharp yellow or grey neutral. In daylight, Caramel Sand 5 looks pale and quietly warm; under warmer lamps, it can appear a little richer and more cream-toned. It suits living-room walls, bedrooms, hallways, or open-plan spaces where a light neutral is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair it with chalky off-whites, warm oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and deeper mushroom or clay accents for contrast.

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What are Dulux Caramel Sand 5 undertones?

Caramel Sand 5 is a 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:

#DBCFC0

RGB code:

219, 207, 192

Is Dulux Caramel Sand 5 cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

20YY 67/084 Caramel Sand 5 HSL code: 33, 27%, 81%

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 Caramel Sand 5

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 Dulux Caramel Sand 5:

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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Caramel Sand 5

Darker shades

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Caramel Sand 5

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 Caramel Sand 5 with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#DBCFC0
RGB Decimal	219, 207, 192
RGB Percent	85.88%, 81.18%, 75.29%
HSV	Hue: 33° Saturation: 12.33% Value: 85.88%
HSL	hsl(33, 27, 81)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.48 Yellow: 12.33 Key: 14.12
YIQ	Y: 208.878 I: 11.971 Q: -2.13
XYZ	X: 61.039 Y: 63.492 Z: 58.895
CIE Lab	L:83.701 a:1.635 b:8.943
CIE Luv	L:83.701 u:7.959 v:12.855
Decimal	14405568
Hunter Lab	79.682, -2.707, 11.955