Dulux Fossil Hunting 65YY 71/071

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What are Dulux Fossil Hunting undertones?
Is Fossil Hunting 65YY 71/071 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Fossil Hunting
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	65YY 71/071
Name:	Fossil Hunting
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Fossil Hunting?

Dulux Fossil Hunting 65YY 71/071 is a light, muted beige with a gentle yellowed-grey cast that keeps it from reading as plain cream. Its low saturation gives walls a softly weathered, chalky look, while the pale value helps smaller rooms feel open without becoming stark. In daylight, Fossil Hunting can appear like a quiet stone neutral; under warm bulbs, its beige warmth becomes more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways, especially alongside off-white trim, oatmeal textiles, pale oak, and aged brass. For contrast, pair this shade with deeper mushroom browns, olive-leaning greens, or charcoal accents.

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What are Dulux Fossil Hunting undertones?

Fossil Hunting is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:

#DEDACB

RGB code:

222, 218, 203

Is Dulux Fossil Hunting cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 47°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

65YY 71/071 Fossil Hunting HSL code: 47, 22%, 83%

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 Fossil Hunting

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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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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Fossil Hunting:

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 Fossil Hunting with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 227, such as Dulux Moon Waves 6 and Fragrant Cloud 5.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#DEDACB
RGB Decimal	222, 218, 203
RGB Percent	87.06%, 85.49%, 79.61%
HSV	Hue: 47° Saturation: 8.56% Value: 87.06%
HSL	hsl(47, 22, 83)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.8 Yellow: 8.56 Key: 12.94
YIQ	Y: 217.486 I: 7.204 Q: -3.822
XYZ	X: 65.973 Y: 69.985 Z: 66.517
CIE Lab	L:86.989 a:-1.217 b:7.866
CIE Luv	L:86.989 u:3.159 v:11.919
Decimal	14605003
Hunter Lab	83.657, -5.632, 11.418