Pumpkin Cream
PPU3-09 · #DBB99E · LRV 52 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Pashmina44
- 3Pumpkin Cream52
- 4Agreeable Gray60
- 5Pale Oak69
What Color Is Pumpkin Cream, Really?
Pumpkin Cream reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr PPU3-09 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pumpkin Cream
Pumpkin Cream 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 Pumpkin Cream
At LRV 52, Pumpkin Cream 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 Pumpkin Cream 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 PPU3-09 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 | Row House TanSW 7689 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.9 | 52 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Clementine Rose1219 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Mesa Sand2004-8B · Valspar | 1.1 | 53 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Cinnamon IcePPG1071-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.0 | 53 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cinnamon IcePPG1071-4 · Glidden | 2.6 | 53 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sand Dunes410-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.4 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Pumpkin Cream 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 #DBB99E in HSL space. Pair Pumpkin Cream with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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