Pale Ginger
209-3DB · #E6B18E · LRV 50 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Pale Ginger50
- 4Colonial Yellow59
- 5Belvedere Cream65
What Color Is Pale Ginger, Really?
Pale Ginger reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 209-3DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Ginger
Pale Ginger 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Pale Ginger
At LRV 50, Pale Ginger 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 Pale Ginger 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 209-3DB 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 | Soft ApricotSW 6352 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.0 | 50 | Color page → |
| Behr | Trick Or TreatM220-4 · Behr | 1.8 | 52 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Canyonlands109 · Benjamin Moore | 2.7 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Melting Sunset8002-14C · Valspar | 1.6 | 51 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Hush PuppyPPG1199-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.1 | 50 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft Copper Orange80YR 48/274 · Glidden | 0.6 | 48 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Ginger 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 #E6B18E in HSL space. Pair Pale Ginger with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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