Dulux Cream Bun

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What are Dulux Cream Bun undertones?
Is Cream Bun cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cream Bun
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Cream Bun
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Cream Bun?

Dulux Cream Bun is a very light cream with a soft warm, yellow-beige cast visible in its #F8EFD8 color value. It reads brighter and cleaner than a deep biscuit tone, while retaining enough warmth to avoid looking stark beside white trim. In daylight, Cream Bun can appear pale and gently sunlit; under warmer bulbs, its creamy undertone is likely to come forward more clearly. Use it on walls in living rooms, bedrooms, or hallways where a light background is wanted without the coolness of plain white. Pair this shade with natural oak, linen, rattan, muted terracotta, or soft olive accents for a grounded finish.

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What are Dulux Cream Bun undertones?

Cream Bun is a near-white, muted creamy off-white. 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:

#F8EFD8

RGB code:

248, 239, 216

Is Dulux Cream Bun cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 43° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

Cream Bun HSL code: 43, 70%, 91%

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 Cream Bun

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 Cream Bun:

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

Cream Bun

Darker shades

Cream Bun

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 Cream Bun with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Dulux Atlantic Surf 5 and Sapphire Springs 5.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#F8EFD8
RGB Decimal	248, 239, 216
RGB Percent	97.25%, 93.73%, 84.71%
HSV	Hue: 43° Saturation: 12.9% Value: 97.25%
HSL	hsl(43, 70, 91)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.63 Yellow: 12.9 Key: 2.75
YIQ	Y: 239.069 I: 12.754 Q: -5.254
XYZ	X: 81.971 Y: 86.648 Z: 77.354
CIE Lab	L:94.589 a:-0.746 b:12.212
CIE Luv	L:94.589 u:6.566 v:18.329
Decimal	16314328
Hunter Lab	93.085, -5.712, 15.89