Morning Tea
M330-4 · #CABD94 · LRV 51 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Pashmina44
- 3Morning Tea51
- 4Agreeable Gray60
- 5Pale Oak69
What Color Is Morning Tea, Really?
Morning Tea reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr M330-4 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Morning Tea
Morning Tea 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Morning Tea
At LRV 51, Morning Tea 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 Morning Tea 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 M330-4 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 | LemongrassSW 7732 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Garden StoneCSP-1000 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Parlour Sage6006-5B · Valspar | 1.8 | 53.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Subtle SuedePPG1099-4 · PPG / Glidden | 2.5 | 51 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cyprus Grass50YY 49/191 · Glidden | 1.7 | 49 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Bone Meal320-3DB · Dutch Boy | 2.4 | 53 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Morning Tea 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 #CABD94 in HSL space. Pair Morning Tea with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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