Dulux Treacle Tart 3 90YR 48/183

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What are Dulux Treacle Tart 3 undertones?
Is Treacle Tart 3 90YR 48/183 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Treacle Tart 3
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	90YR 48/183
Name:	Treacle Tart 3
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Treacle Tart 3?

Dulux Treacle Tart 3 90YR 48/183 is a mid-light, muted warm neutral with a soft peach-beige body and a noticeable dusty rose influence. Its gentle saturation keeps it from reading overly pink, while the warm base gives walls a sun-baked, lightly earthy character. In bright daylight, Treacle Tart 3 can appear paler and more biscuit-toned; under warmer lamps, its peach and clay notes become clearer. It suits bedrooms, dining rooms, and living spaces where a warmer neutral is wanted, and can also make a pleasing feature on built-in shelving or cabinetry. Pair it with creamy off-whites, natural oak, terracotta ceramics, aged brass, or deeper brown-red accents for a grounded scheme.

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What are Dulux Treacle Tart 3 undertones?

Treacle Tart 3 is a mid-light, muted caramel orange. The HEX sample leans 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:

#D1B098

RGB code:

209, 176, 152

Is Dulux Treacle Tart 3 cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 25° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.

90YR 48/183 Treacle Tart 3 HSL code: 25, 38%, 71%

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 Treacle Tart 3

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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Morning

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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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Treacle Tart 3:

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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Treacle Tart 3

Darker shades

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Treacle Tart 3

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 Treacle Tart 3 with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 205, such as Dulux Misty Morning and Denim Drift.

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