Dulux Muted Gold
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| Name: | Muted Gold |
| Brand: | Dulux |
What color is Dulux Muted Gold?
Dulux Muted Gold is a soft, mid-toned golden beige with a dry, earthy cast rather than a bright yellow finish. Its warm brown and ochre notes give walls a grounded look, especially in living rooms, dining spaces, and hallways with natural daylight. In cooler light, it can read more like a subdued tan, while evening lamps tend to bring out its mellow gold warmth. Pair it with chalky off-whites, deep olive greens, rust-toned textiles, or charcoal accents for contrast. On cabinetry or a feature wall, Muted Gold sits particularly well beside oak, walnut, aged brass, and woven natural materials.
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What are Dulux Muted Gold undertones?
Muted Gold is a mid-light, soft caramel tan. 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:
RGB code:
186, 154, 116
Is Dulux Muted Gold cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
Muted Gold HSL code: 33, 34%, 59%
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 Muted Gold
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Muted Gold:
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
Muted Gold
Darker shades
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 Muted Gold with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.
Color codes
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #BA9A74 |
| RGB Decimal | 186, 154, 116 |
| RGB Percent | 72.94%, 60.39%, 45.49% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 37.63% Value: 72.94% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 34, 59) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 17.2 Yellow: 37.63 Key: 27.06 |
| YIQ | Y: 159.236 I: 31.28 Q: -5.056 |
| XYZ | X: 34.958 Y: 34.813 Z: 21.396 |
| CIE Lab | L:65.603 a:6.504 b:24.418 |
| CIE Luv | L:65.603 u:23.206 v:30.635 |
| Decimal | 12229236 |
| Hunter Lab | 59.002, 2.505, 19.801 |
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