Soft Cream
PPG1205-2 · #F4EED5 · LRV 85 — warm yellow tone, very light — near-white, broadens small spaces.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Pale Oak69
- 3Soft Cream85
- 4Lightning White92
What Color Is Soft Cream, Really?
Soft Cream reads as a warm yellow tone — very light — near-white, broadens small spaces. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1205-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Cream
Soft Cream shines on ceilings, trim and in small or low-light rooms where you need to stretch the light — and as a calm whole-home backdrop. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Soft Cream
Soft Cream is very light — LRV 85, close to white. It opens up small or dim rooms and keeps walls feeling airy. 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. In north light it can read slightly cooler; a warm white trim alongside keeps it from going clinical.
Most complaints about Soft Cream 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1205-2 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 | CoronaSW 7121 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.6 | 85 | Color page → |
| Behr | Atlantis PearlBWC-09 · Behr | 0.9 | 85 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Featherbed928 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 84 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Milk and HoneyT546 · Valspar | 4.3 | 86 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soft CreamPPG1205-2 · Glidden | 0.2 | 86 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pithed Lemon122-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.1 | 83 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Cream within PPG / 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 #F4EED5 in HSL space. Pair Soft Cream with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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