Dulux Hay Bale

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Hay Bale for living room (4 photos)
Dulux Hay Bale reviews (3 photos)
What are Dulux Hay Bale undertones?
Is Hay Bale cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Hay Bale
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Hay Bale
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Hay Bale?

Dulux Hay Bale is a light, muted beige with a clear warm cast and soft cream-tan undertones. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it gentle rather than yellow, making it a useful backdrop where brighter whites might feel too stark. In north-facing or shaded rooms, Hay Bale can read as a slightly deeper oatmeal beige, while warm daylight brings out its pale sandy quality. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and full-height walls, especially alongside off-white trim, natural oak, linen, rattan, and brushed brass. For contrast, pair this color with charcoal, deep olive, or muted blue-grey accents.

Hay Bale for living room (4 photos)

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Dulux Hay Bale reviews (3 photos)

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What are Dulux Hay Bale undertones?

Hay Bale is a light, muted sandy beige. 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:

#E2D5C0

RGB code:

226, 213, 192

Is Dulux Hay Bale cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 37°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Hay Bale HSL code: 37, 37%, 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 Hay Bale

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Hay Bale:

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 Hay Bale with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#E2D5C0
RGB Decimal	226, 213, 192
RGB Percent	88.63%, 83.53%, 75.29%
HSV	Hue: 37° Saturation: 15.04% Value: 88.63%
HSL	hsl(37, 37, 82)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.75 Yellow: 15.04 Key: 11.37
YIQ	Y: 214.493 I: 14.495 Q: -3.785
XYZ	X: 64.671 Y: 67.564 Z: 59.489
CIE Lab	L:85.788 a:1.031 b:11.995
CIE Luv	L:85.788 u:8.946 v:17.364
Decimal	14865856
Hunter Lab	82.197, -3.405, 14.628