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Ashwood OC-47: Benjamin Moore hex #DBD8C9, LRV and undertone

Ashwood (OC-47) from Benjamin Moore is #DBD8C9 with an LRV of 67.22. It measures as a warm neutral with a yellow undertone; black text on it reaches 14.67:1.

By Paul Gunder. Every value is computed from published standards; see how ColorPlum works.

Updated November 11, 2026

Benjamin MooreAshwoodOC-47

Hex: #DBD8C9
RGB: 219, 216, 201
LRV: 67.22
Undertone: Warm neutral, yellow undertone

LRV 67.22. Light: a light wall color that still reads as a color.

A neutral with a yellow cast (OKLCH hue 98°, chroma 0.020). Expect the yellow to show more in warm evening light and next to cooler whites.

Coordinating colors Benjamin Moore suggests

Soft ChamoisOC-13
Castle Walls1573
SteamAF-15
Chelsea GrayHC-168

Closest colors from other brands

ΔE is the CIEDE2000 difference between the published values: under 2 is hard to tell apart on a wall, 2 to 5 is a visible but related shade. Always compare real chips before you buy.

Name, code, LRV and color value as published by Benjamin Moore on its color page (checked 2026-11-11). A screen can only approximate paint: sheen, lighting and the screen itself all change it, so check a physical sample. ColorPlum is not affiliated with Benjamin Moore.

ColorPlum swatchAshwoodpale, grayish yellow

HEX: #DBD8C9
RGB: rgb(219, 216, 201)
HSL: hsl(50, 20%, 82%)

Best text on it: black at 14.67:1

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Every code for Ashwood

HEX#DBD8C9
RGBrgb(219, 216, 201)
HSLhsl(50, 20%, 82%)
HSV50°, 8%, 86%
CMYK0%, 1%, 8%, 14%
Lablab(86.3% -0.9 7.8)
OKLCHoklch(88% 0.02 97.6)
Decimal14407881

Tints, shades and tones

From white to black in 10% steps, with Ashwood in the middle. Tap a code to copy it.

90%#FBFBFA
80%#F8F7F4
70%#F4F3EF
60%#F1EFE9
50%#EDECE4
40%#E9E8DF
30%#E6E4D9
20%#E2E0D4
10%#DFDCCE
Base#DBD8C9
10%#C5C2B5
20%#AFADA1
30%#99978D
40%#838279
50%#6E6C65
60%#585650
70%#42413C
80%#2C2B28
90%#161614

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#D2CFC2
20%#C9C6BA
30%#C0BEB3
40%#B7B5AC
50%#AEACA5
60%#A4A39D
70%#9B9A96
80%#92928F
90%#898987

Matching colors

Complementary

#DBD8C9
#C9CCDB

Analogous

#DBCFC9
#DBD8C9
#D5DBC9

Triadic

#DBD8C9
#C9DBD8
#D8C9DB

Split complementary

#DBD8C9
#C9D5DB
#CFC9DB

Tetradic (square)

#DBD8C9
#C9DBCF
#C9CCDB
#DBC9D5

Monochromatic

#9E966D
#BCB79B
#DBD8C9
#F7F6F3
#F7F6F3

Ashwood in 3D color space

OKLab, the space ColorPlum does its math in: lightness runs up the pole, hue goes around it and saturation grows outward. The faint shell is every color a screen can show (saturation is drawn wider than lightness so hues separate). Drag to turn it.

Ashwood with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

Ashwood
Triad #C9DBD8
Triad #D8C9DB
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

Ashwood in use

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Card body text stays dark for reading; ashwood carries the header and the button.

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Headline in Ashwood

A paragraph with a link in dark text, because this color is too light for text on white; use it for fills instead.

How it looks with color-vision deficiency

A simulation (Machado and colleagues, 2009) of how the color and its complement read without one type of cone.

Typical color vision#DBD8C9
Protanopia (no red cones)#DBD7C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#DCD8C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#DED6D4

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	1.43:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	14.67:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	1.43:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	14.67:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	1.24:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --ashwood: #dbd8c9;
  --ashwood-rgb: 219 216 201;
  --ashwood-on: #000000;
}

On this page

Ashwood carries the Benjamin Moore code OC-47 and the hex value #DBD8C9, with RGB 219, 216, 201. The pull toward yellow is clearer here than in some of its pale neighbors, because blue is 18 steps below red.

Numbers first

HSL is hsl(50, 20%, 82%) and OKLCH is oklch(88% 0.02 97.6). With a chroma of 0.020 and a hue near 98 degrees, the reading is a warm neutral leaning yellow. Warm bulbs and cool-white neighbors both make that yellow more noticeable. The LRV is 67.22, in the light band, which suits a wall that should feel bright but not stark.

What the brand lists with it

The coordinating colors are Soft Chamois (OC-13), Castle Walls (1573), Steam (AF-15) and Chelsea Gray (HC-168). None of these has a page here, so they appear by name and code. Steam sounds like the cleanest pale option for trim, and Chelsea Gray the one most likely to give depth. Treat those as hunches and test them against a sample.

Worked example

Suppose a rental kitchen has beige laminate counters and an overhead fixture you cannot replace. A wall in Ashwood at LRV 67.22 will brighten the room without clashing with the counters, since both have a warm lean, and the yellow cast will go along with the fixture's warm bulb instead of fighting it. Paint the trim in Steam for a lighter frame, and avoid pairing it with a stark blue-white, which would make the wall look dingier by contrast. Check a sample at night, because under a single warm bulb this color will look noticeably more golden than it does at noon.

On a page, black text on #DBD8C9 measures 14.67:1 and white only 1.43:1. Use dark type.

Within Benjamin Moore, Natural Cream (OC-14) is ΔE 1.2, while Edgecomb Gray (HC-173, page) and Alaskan Skies (972) are each 1.8 away. That puts all three under 2, so a wall would hardly show the difference.

From other brands, Behr Silver Drop (790C-2) is 1.7 and Sherwin-Williams Natural Choice (SW 7011) is 1.9, both under 2. Sherwin-Williams White Duck (SW 7010) is 2.6 and City Loft (SW 7631) is 3.0, which are related but visible. With so many close matches, you have options if one brand is out of stock, but compare real samples first.