Tea Cookie
1002 · #E1B797 · LRV 52 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Tea Cookie52
- 4Colonial Yellow59
- 5Belvedere Cream65
What Color Is Tea Cookie, Really?
Tea Cookie reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 1002 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Tea Cookie
Tea Cookie 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 Tea Cookie
At LRV 52, Tea Cookie 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 Tea Cookie 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 Kompozit 1002 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 | Sumptuous PeachSW 6345 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.3 | 54 | Color page → |
| Behr | Honey NougatS250-3 · Behr | 1.6 | 54 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Cinnamon 'n Spice1215 · Benjamin Moore | 2.9 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sunswept Sand8003-16C · Valspar | 2.6 | 51 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Gentle DoePPG1201-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.8 | 53 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Asian Apricot70YR 50/225 · Glidden | 3.1 | 50 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Tea Cookie within Kompozit'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 #E1B797 in HSL space. Pair Tea Cookie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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