Dulux Rum Caramel 5 / Muted Stone / Waxed Wood / Tea Story / 10YY 64/048

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What are Dulux Rum Caramel 5 undertones?
Is Rum Caramel 5 10YY 64/048 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Rum Caramel 5
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	10YY 64/048
Name:	Rum Caramel 5
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Rum Caramel 5?

Dulux Rum Caramel 5 10YY 64/048 is a light, muted neutral with a gentle warm beige cast and a soft gray undertone. Its low saturation keeps it restrained rather than creamy, giving walls a quietly weathered, chalky appearance. In bright daylight, Rum Caramel 5 can read as a pale warm greige, while lower or cooler light brings out more of its gray-beige character. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan spaces where a light neutral is needed without the starkness of white. Pair this shade with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, brushed brass, or deeper mushroom and charcoal accents.

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What are Dulux Rum Caramel 5 undertones?

Rum Caramel 5 is a light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear orange. 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:

#D5CCC4

RGB code:

213, 204, 196

Is Dulux Rum Caramel 5 cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 28°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

10YY 64/048 Rum Caramel 5 HSL code: 28, 17%, 80%

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 Rum Caramel 5

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Rum Caramel 5:

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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Rum Caramel 5

Darker shades

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Rum Caramel 5

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 Rum Caramel 5 with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 208, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#D5CCC4
RGB Decimal	213, 204, 196
RGB Percent	83.53%, 80.00%, 76.86%
HSV	Hue: 28° Saturation: 7.98% Value: 83.53%
HSL	hsl(28, 17, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.23 Yellow: 7.98 Key: 16.47
YIQ	Y: 205.779 I: 7.934 Q: -0.586
XYZ	X: 58.995 Y: 61.318 Z: 60.937
CIE Lab	L:82.549 a:1.729 b:5.095
CIE Luv	L:82.549 u:5.705 v:7.255
Decimal	14011588
Hunter Lab	78.306, -2.554, 8.675