White Drifts
OC-138 · #E3E2D5 · LRV 74 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Heirloom Shade63
- 2First Star69
- 3White Drifts74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is White Drifts, Really?
White Drifts reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore OC-138 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for White Drifts
White Drifts 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes White Drifts
At LRV 74, White Drifts 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 White Drifts 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 OC-138 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 | Grey MistSW 9625 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 75 | Color page → |
| Behr | OysterW-B-720 · Behr | 1.0 | 76 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Wispy White7006-1 · Valspar | 2.4 | 74.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Rain CloudPPG1125-1 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Rain CloudPPG1125-1 · Glidden | 0.6 | 75 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Moon Pie406-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.6 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to White Drifts 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 #E3E2D5 in HSL space. Pair White Drifts with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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