Honey Beige
390D-4 · #E7DD89 · LRV 71 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Honey Beige, Really?
Honey Beige reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 390D-4 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Honey Beige
Honey Beige 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. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Honey Beige
At LRV 71, Honey Beige is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Honey Beige 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 390D-4 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 | Lively YellowSW 6702 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.3 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Mulholland Yellow369 · Benjamin Moore | 1.8 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Fluorescent Lime6007-9C · Valspar | 2.2 | 70.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Lively LaughPPG1218-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Lively LaughPPG1218-3 · Glidden | 1.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Lime Flower124-3DB · Dutch Boy | 2.1 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Honey Beige 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 #E7DD89 in HSL space. Pair Honey Beige with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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