Vichyssoise
CC-246 · #E3D9BB · LRV 67 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Vichyssoise67
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Vichyssoise, Really?
Vichyssoise reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CC-246 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Vichyssoise
Vichyssoise 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 Vichyssoise
At LRV 67, Vichyssoise 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 Vichyssoise 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-246 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 | Roycroft VellumSW 2833 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.6 | 71 | Color page → |
| Behr | Stucco WhiteBXC-50 · Behr | 0.4 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tempered Sage6006-5A · Valspar | 1.3 | 69.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | At The BeachPPG12-28 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sunlit Meadow60YY 69/153 · Glidden | 0.9 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sheridan White415-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.9 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Vichyssoise 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 #E3D9BB in HSL space. Pair Vichyssoise with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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