Cheese Puff
P240-5 · #FFB96F · LRV 57 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Cheese Puff57
- 4Belvedere Cream65
- 5Pumpkin Mousse71
What Color Is Cheese Puff, Really?
Cheese Puff reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr P240-5 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cheese Puff
Cheese Puff is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Cheese Puff
At LRV 57, Cheese Puff is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Cheese Puff are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr P240-5 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | SunriseSW 6668 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.3 | 58 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Marmalade2016-40 · Benjamin Moore | 0.3 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Orange Toffee2007-1C · Valspar | 2.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Golden OpportunityPPG1204-6 · PPG / Glidden | 4.4 | 58 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Juicy Cantaloupe02YY 55/518 · Glidden | 0.8 | 55 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Jovial Orange112-4DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 59 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Cheese Puff within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #FFB96F in HSL space. Pair Cheese Puff with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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