Farrow and Ball Au Lait CB9

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What are Farrow and Ball Au Lait undertones?
Is Au Lait CB9 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Au Lait
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Au Lait CB9
Code:	CB9
Name:	Au Lait
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Au Lait?

Farrow and Ball Au Lait CB9 is a very light, softened off-white with a gentle beige-cream cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading as bright white, giving walls a lightly chalked, muted appearance. In daylight, Au Lait can look clean and pale with a subtle warm undertone, while warmer lamps bring out its creamy side. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without the starkness of pure white. Pair it with natural oak, linen, aged brass, and deeper taupe or charcoal details for definition.

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What are Farrow and Ball Au Lait undertones?

Au Lait reads as a very light, muted soft white with a subtle yellow-leaning bias in the supplied digital sample. It is close to neutral overall, but the slight warmth keeps it from looking stark or icy. Farrow & Ball describes it as a soft white inspired by chicory coffee served with milk, which fits its visibly creamy off-white character without defining a specific undertone. Warm artificial light may bring out its gentle yellow warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and closer to neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#EBE7DC

RGB code:

235, 231, 220

Is Farrow and Ball Au Lait cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 44°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

CB9 Au Lait HSL code: 44, 27%, 89%

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 Au Lait

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Au Lait:

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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Darker shades

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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 Au Lait with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 224, such as Farrow and Ball Black Blue and Graupel.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#ebe7dc
RGB Decimal	235, 231, 220
RGB Percent	92.16%, 90.59%, 86.27%
HSV	Hue: 44° Saturation: 6.38% Value: 92.16%
HSL	hsl(44, 27.27, 89.22)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.7 Yellow: 6.38 Key: 7.84
YIQ	Y: 230.942 I: 5.918 Q: -2.577
XYZ	X: 75.752 Y: 79.982 Z: 79.138
CIE Lab	L:91.677 a:-0.546 b:5.829
CIE Luv	L:91.677 u:2.914 v:8.896
Decimal	15460316
Hunter Lab	89.433, -5.311, 10.138