Bee Pollen
214-2DB · #EED5B4 · LRV 69 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Bee Pollen69
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Bee Pollen, Really?
Bee Pollen reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 214-2DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Bee Pollen
Bee Pollen 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 Bee Pollen
At LRV 69, Bee Pollen 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 Bee Pollen 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 Dutch Boy 214-2DB 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 | Concord BuffSW 7684 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | ChaiS270-2 · Behr | 0.9 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Hilton Head Cream1107 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Hazy Yellow3004-8B · Valspar | 1.0 | 69 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Chai Tea LattePPG1089-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Just Peachy20YY 67/216 · Glidden | 0.9 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Bee Pollen within Dutch Boy'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 #EED5B4 in HSL space. Pair Bee Pollen with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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