Dulux Morning Oats 44YY 65/034

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What are Dulux Morning Oats undertones?
Is Morning Oats 44YY 65/034 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Morning Oats
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	44YY 65/034
Name:	Morning Oats
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Morning Oats?

Dulux Morning Oats 44YY 65/034 is a light, low-saturation neutral with a soft grey-beige cast and a faint muted yellow warmth. Its pale value keeps walls bright without reading as stark white, while the subdued undertone gives it a gently weathered, mineral quality. In warm daylight or evening lamp light, Morning Oats can appear a little creamier; cooler light brings out its quieter grey side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and larger open-plan walls, particularly alongside off-white trim, oak, linen, and brushed nickel. Pair it with deeper mushroom browns, charcoal greys, or dusty olive accents for definition without disrupting its restrained look.

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What are Dulux Morning Oats undertones?

Morning Oats 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:

#CECCC3

RGB code:

206, 204, 195

Is Dulux Morning Oats cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 49°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

44YY 65/034 Morning Oats HSL code: 49, 10%, 79%

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 Morning Oats

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 Morning Oats:

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 Morning Oats with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 229, such as Dulux Fragrant Cloud 5 and Lilac Heather 5.

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Format	Code
HEX	#CECCC3
RGB Decimal	206, 204, 195
RGB Percent	80.78%, 80.00%, 76.47%
HSV	Hue: 49° Saturation: 5.34% Value: 80.78%
HSL	hsl(49, 10, 79)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.97 Yellow: 5.34 Key: 19.22
YIQ	Y: 203.572 I: 4.084 Q: -2.378
XYZ	X: 56.895 Y: 60.248 Z: 60.247
CIE Lab	L:81.973 a:-0.91 b:4.726
CIE Luv	L:81.973 u:1.656 v:7.184
Decimal	13552835
Hunter Lab	77.62, -4.995, 8.314