Soft Secret
PPU25-10 · #D6D4CA · LRV 66 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Soft Secret66
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Soft Secret, Really?
Soft Secret reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr PPU25-10 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Secret
Soft Secret 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 Soft Secret
At LRV 66, Soft Secret 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 Soft Secret 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 PPU25-10 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 | Crushed IceSW 7647 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Gray Owl2137-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tempered Gray4004-1A · Valspar | 1.4 | 64.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Gray BeigePPG14-30 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft Meadow10GY 64/065 · Glidden | 2.3 | 64 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Weeping Birch405-1DB · Dutch Boy | 3.6 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Secret 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 #D6D4CA in HSL space. Pair Soft Secret with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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