Dulux Soft Sourdough / Welsh Flint

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What are Dulux Soft Sourdough undertones?
Is Soft Sourdough cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Soft Sourdough
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Soft Sourdough
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Soft Sourdough?

Dulux Soft Sourdough is a pale, muted beige with a soft grey cast that keeps its warmth restrained rather than yellow. Its low-saturation finish gives walls a lightly chalky, off-white appearance, with enough depth to show against bright white trim. In daylight, it reads as a gentle greige-neutral; under warmer lamps, its creamy beige side becomes more noticeable. Use it in living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, or on kitchen cabinetry where a quiet backdrop is wanted without the starkness of pure white. Pair Soft Sourdough with warm oak, natural linen, stone, aged brass, and deeper mushroom or charcoal accents.

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What are Dulux Soft Sourdough undertones?

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

#E4DDCE

RGB code:

228, 221, 206

Is Dulux Soft Sourdough cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 41°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Soft Sourdough HSL code: 41, 29%, 85%

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 Soft Sourdough

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 Soft Sourdough:

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

Soft Sourdough

Darker shades

Soft Sourdough

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 Soft Sourdough with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 221, such as Dulux Smoke Grey and Mystic Mauve 6.

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Format	Code
HEX	#E4DDCE
RGB Decimal	228, 221, 206
RGB Percent	89.41%, 86.67%, 80.78%
HSV	Hue: 41° Saturation: 9.65% Value: 89.41%
HSL	hsl(41, 29, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.07 Yellow: 9.65 Key: 10.59
YIQ	Y: 221.383 I: 8.991 Q: -3.187
XYZ	X: 68.99 Y: 72.664 Z: 68.767
CIE Lab	L:88.287 a:-0.163 b:8.211
CIE Luv	L:88.287 u:4.926 v:12.256
Decimal	14998990
Hunter Lab	85.243, -4.71, 11.84