Dulux Expresso Delight 5 80YR 65/055

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What are Dulux Expresso Delight 5 undertones?
Is Expresso Delight 5 80YR 65/055 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Expresso Delight 5
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	80YR 65/055
Name:	Expresso Delight 5
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Expresso Delight 5?

Dulux Expresso Delight 5 80YR 65/055 is a light, muted beige with a softly warm, pink-leaning cast visible beneath its greyed surface. Its low saturation keeps it from reading sugary or overtly peach, giving walls a gentle, chalky appearance instead. In bright daylight, this shade can look like a pale warm greige, while evening light tends to draw out its subtle rosy-beige undertone. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a light neutral is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair Expresso Delight 5 with creamy off-whites, faded terracotta, mushroom brown, or natural oak for a layered finish. Matte black hardware and brushed brass both provide useful contrast against this color’s quiet warmth.

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What are Dulux Expresso Delight 5 undertones?

Expresso Delight 5 is a light, very muted muted beige. 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:

#DBCFC7

RGB code:

219, 207, 199

Is Dulux Expresso Delight 5 cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 24°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

80YR 65/055 Expresso Delight 5 HSL code: 24, 22%, 82%

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 5

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Expresso Delight 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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Expresso Delight 5

Darker shades

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Expresso Delight 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 Expresso Delight 5 with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 204, such as Dulux Misty Morning and Denim Drift.

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