Dulux Wild Mushroom 53YY 15/038

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What are Dulux Wild Mushroom undertones?
Is Wild Mushroom 53YY 15/038 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Wild Mushroom
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	53YY 15/038
Name:	Wild Mushroom
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Wild Mushroom?

Dulux Wild Mushroom 53YY 15/038 is a deep, muted grey with an earthy yellow-brown cast that keeps it from feeling stark or blue. Its low saturation gives it a softened, weathered look, while the dark value makes it particularly effective for creating definition on cabinetry, interior doors, or a single enveloping wall. In warm daylight or lamplight, Wild Mushroom can show more of its subtle khaki-brown warmth; under cooler light, it settles into a fuller charcoal-grey. Pair it with chalky off-whites, warm stone, aged brass, natural oak, and blackened metal for a grounded material palette.

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What are Dulux Wild Mushroom undertones?

Wild Mushroom is a midtone, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. 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:

#68655D

RGB code:

104, 101, 93

Is Dulux Wild Mushroom cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 44°, this black leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

53YY 15/038 Wild Mushroom HSL code: 44, 6%, 39%

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 Wild Mushroom

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 black shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Wild Mushroom:

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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Wild Mushroom

Darker shades

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Tawny Owl

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 Wild Mushroom with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 224, such as Dulux Mystic Mauve 6 and Moon Waves 6.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#68655D
RGB Decimal	104, 101, 93
RGB Percent	40.78%, 39.61%, 36.47%
HSV	Hue: 44° Saturation: 10.58% Value: 40.78%
HSL	hsl(44, 6, 39)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.88 Yellow: 10.58 Key: 59.22
YIQ	Y: 100.985 I: 4.358 Q: -1.855
XYZ	X: 12.338 Y: 13.041 Z: 12.22
CIE Lab	L:42.825 a:-0.389 b:4.95
CIE Luv	L:42.825 u:2.181 v:6.389
Decimal	6841693
Hunter Lab	36.112, -2.21, 5.215