Cream Fleece
233 · #DED3BB · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Cream Fleece64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Cream Fleece, Really?
Cream Fleece reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 233 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cream Fleece
Cream Fleece 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 Cream Fleece
At LRV 64, Cream Fleece 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 Cream Fleece 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 Benjamin Moore 233 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 | Steamed ChaiSW 9509 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.8 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Natural AlmondPPU4-12 · Behr | 1.1 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | QuillV094-1 · Valspar | 0.7 | 65.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Almond BrittlePPG1095-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.1 | 66 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Georgian Ivory40YY 62/134 · Glidden | 0.8 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Barely Beige316-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.5 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Cream Fleece within Benjamin Moore'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 #DED3BB in HSL space. Pair Cream Fleece with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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