Dulux Cowslip Flower 79YY 84/126

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What are Dulux Cowslip Flower undertones?
Is Cowslip Flower 79YY 84/126 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cowslip Flower
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	79YY 84/126
Name:	Cowslip Flower
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Cowslip Flower?

Dulux Cowslip Flower 79YY 84/126 is a very light, creamy yellow with a soft muted cast rather than a bright, sunny intensity. Its pale depth keeps it close to an off-white, while the yellow undertone adds gentle warmth to walls in kitchens, breakfast rooms, and softly lit hallways. In daylight, Cowslip Flower can read as a clean buttery cream; under warmer evening bulbs, its golden note becomes more noticeable. Pair it with natural oak, woven linen, warm white trim, and muted green or dusty blue accents for contrast. This shade is especially effective across larger wall areas where a plain white might feel too stark.

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What are Dulux Cowslip Flower undertones?

Cowslip Flower is a near-white, muted cream. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:

#EFEBD1

RGB code:

239, 235, 209

Is Dulux Cowslip Flower cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 52°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

79YY 84/126 Cowslip Flower HSL code: 52, 48%, 88%

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 Cowslip Flower

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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Cowslip Flower:

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

79YY 84/126
Cowslip Flower

Darker shades

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Cowslip Flower

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 Cowslip Flower with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 232, such as Dulux Fragrant Cloud 5 and Lilac Heather 5.

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