Hemp Seed
CC-578 · #D1C5A8 · LRV 55 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Mindful Gray48
- 3Hemp Seed55
- 4Agreeable Gray60
- 5Pale Oak69
What Color Is Hemp Seed, Really?
Hemp Seed reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CC-578 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Hemp Seed
Hemp Seed 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 Hemp Seed
At LRV 55, Hemp Seed 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 Hemp Seed 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 CC-578 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 | Sand BeachSW 7529 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.7 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Brown BreadICC-60 · Behr | 1.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Garden RainV094-2 · Valspar | 1.7 | 56 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Safari GreenPPG1111-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft Bronze Glow50YY 55/171 · Glidden | 1.0 | 55 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Shorebird417-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Hemp Seed 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 #D1C5A8 in HSL space. Pair Hemp Seed with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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