Dulux Lime Soda 85YY 89/109

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What are Dulux Lime Soda undertones?
Is Lime Soda 85YY 89/109 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Lime Soda
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	85YY 89/109
Name:	Lime Soda
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Lime Soda?

Dulux Lime Soda 85YY 89/109 is a very light, softened yellow-toned off-white with a faint greenish cast visible beneath its creamy surface. Its high lightness makes it read almost neutral on large walls, while still avoiding the starkness of a pure white. In cool daylight, Lime Soda can appear fresher and slightly cleaner; warmer lamps bring forward its gentle buttery warmth. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, and softly lit living spaces, especially alongside pale oak, natural linen, warm white trim, and muted sage or olive accents. Use this shade across walls and ceilings for a quiet, low-contrast backdrop, or on cabinetry where a subtle alternative to white is wanted.

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What are Dulux Lime Soda undertones?

Lime Soda is a near-white, muted cream. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:

#F3F2DA

RGB code:

243, 242, 218

Is Dulux Lime Soda cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 58°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

85YY 89/109 Lime Soda HSL code: 58, 51%, 90%

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 Lime Soda

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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Lime Soda:

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

85YY 89/109
Lime Soda

Darker shades

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Lime Soda

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 Lime Soda with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 238, such as Dulux Imperial Mauve 1 and Imperial Mauve 4.

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