Dulux Expresso Delight 3 / Muddy Puddle / 80YR 44/101
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| Code: | 80YR 44/101 |
| Name: | Expresso Delight 3 |
| Brand: | Dulux |
What color is Dulux Expresso Delight 3?
Dulux Expresso Delight 3 80YR 44/101 is a muted mid-tone beige with a noticeable warm, rosy-brown cast. Its softened saturation keeps it from reading overly pink, giving walls a gentle earthy depth rather than a pale neutral look. In bright daylight, this color can appear like a light warm taupe, while lower or warmer lighting brings out its dusky clay and blush undertones. It suits bedrooms, dining rooms, and living spaces where a little more warmth is wanted than a standard greige provides. Pair Expresso Delight 3 with creamy off-whites, natural oak, linen upholstery, and charcoal or deep brown accents for contrast.
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What are Dulux Expresso Delight 3 undertones?
Expresso Delight 3 is a mid-light, very muted caramel tan. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear 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:
RGB code:
190, 169, 157
Is Dulux Expresso Delight 3 cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 22°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
80YR 44/101 Expresso Delight 3 HSL code: 22, 20%, 68%
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 Expresso Delight 3
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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Expresso Delight 3:
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
80YR 44/101
Expresso Delight 3
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 Expresso Delight 3 with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 202, such as Dulux Misty Morning and Denim Drift.
Color codes
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #BEA99D |
| RGB Decimal | 190, 169, 157 |
| RGB Percent | 74.51%, 66.27%, 61.57% |
| HSV | Hue: 22° Saturation: 17.37% Value: 74.51% |
| HSL | hsl(22, 20, 68) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 11.05 Yellow: 17.37 Key: 25.49 |
| YIQ | Y: 173.911 I: 16.37 Q: 0.708 |
| XYZ | X: 41.508 Y: 41.758 Z: 37.763 |
| CIE Lab | L:70.704 a:5.622 b:8.972 |
| CIE Luv | L:70.704 u:13.515 v:11.736 |
| Decimal | 12495261 |
| Hunter Lab | 64.621, 1.571, 10.587 |
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