Pacific Khaki
70YY 57/098 · #CDC9B6 · LRV 57 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Mindful Gray48
- 3Pacific Khaki57
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Pacific Khaki, Really?
Pacific Khaki reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 70YY 57/098 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pacific Khaki
Pacific Khaki 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 Pacific Khaki
At LRV 57, Pacific Khaki 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 Pacific Khaki 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 Glidden 70YY 57/098 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 | Simple StoneSW 9521 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Ocean FoamPPU10-10 · Behr | 1.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Inner Balance1522 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Villa Grey6005-1B · Valspar | 2.5 | 58.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Mix Or MatchPPG1031-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Cinder Stone419-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.3 | 58 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pacific Khaki within Glidden'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 #CDC9B6 in HSL space. Pair Pacific Khaki with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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