Oatmeal Beige
413-2DB · #D7C5B3 · LRV 58 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Oatmeal Beige58
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Oatmeal Beige, Really?
Oatmeal Beige reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 413-2DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Oatmeal Beige
Oatmeal Beige 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 Oatmeal Beige
At LRV 58, Oatmeal Beige 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 Oatmeal Beige 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 413-2DB 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 | Sand DollarSW 6099 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | French BeigeMQ3-10 · Behr | 1.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | BoudoirAF-190 · Benjamin Moore | 2.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sand Storm2004-10B · Valspar | 2.5 | 57.7 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Cocoa CreamPPG1079-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 60 | Color page → |
| Glidden | ArmadilloPPG14-17 · Glidden | 3.0 | 59 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Oatmeal Beige 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 #D7C5B3 in HSL space. Pair Oatmeal Beige with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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