Traditional Tan
PPF-14 · #D6D2C0 · LRV 64 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Traditional Tan64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Traditional Tan, Really?
Traditional Tan reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr PPF-14 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Traditional Tan
Traditional Tan 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 Traditional Tan
At LRV 64, Traditional Tan 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 Traditional Tan 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 PPF-14 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 | DumplingSW 9616 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.7 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sweet Spring1500 · Benjamin Moore | 1.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Barest CeladonM244 · Valspar | 0.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | StaticPPG14-11 · PPG / Glidden | 1.1 | 64 | Color page → |
| Glidden | StaticPPG14-11 · Glidden | 1.1 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Existence420-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.9 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Traditional Tan 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 #D6D2C0 in HSL space. Pair Traditional Tan with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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