| Color family | Tan |
| Code family | 0000 series |
| Hex | #DBD4BF |
| RGB | 219, 212, 191 |
| CIE L*a*b* | 84.95, -1.12, 11.24 |
| Light reflectance | 65.9 |
Hex and LRV verified against Farrow & Ball’s published color data · 2026
Light, but with enough yellow undertone to be a color rather than a white. In the Farrow & Ball lineup this is 3.
65.9 on the light-reflectance scale puts it in the middle third, which is the part of the scale with the fewest surprises. At chroma 11.3 the yellow undertone is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.
A warm bulb is the easiest fix if this reads colder than expected once it is on the wall. Holds up across a full room without the visual weight a darker or more saturated color would add. If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 24.4 LRV points from this one).
Vista Paint Dried Grass (0348) matches it closely enough that no one will tell them apart on a wall. This color reads consistently across most finishes, so the choice can come down to durability needs rather than how it changes the color.
It is lighter than 77 percent of the Farrow & Ball range. This is a crowded part of the scale - 1,126 colors measure within a point of 65.9 - so most brands will have something close. Farrow & Ball lists it in the 0000 series, alongside 46 other colors.
Farrow & Ball Off-White is a warm color: its hue angle is 96° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 11.3, with a yellow undertone.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Farrow & Ball Off-White (3) is 65.9, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light-to-mid color.
Measured on the color wheel, Farrow & Ball Off-White pairs with Valspar Twilight Mist (4004-9B, complement), Vista Paint Just About Green (0740, analogous, warmer), Vista Paint Sauterne (0126, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse (DEW385, soft accent).
Farrow & Ball Off-White's hex value is #DBD4BF, RGB 219, 212, 191.
Farrow & Ball Off-White is classified as a tan, with a yellow undertone.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Farrow & Ball Off-White is 12-0110 TCX Pistachio Shell, delta-E 1.8; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 1013 Oyster white, delta-E 2.57.
The closest cross-brand match to Farrow & Ball Off-White is Vista Paint Dried Grass (0348), at a delta-E of 0.74 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #DBD4BF |
| RGB | 219, 212, 191 |
| CMYK | 0%, 3%, 13%, 14% |
| HSL | 45°, 28%, 80% |
| HSV | 45°, 13%, 86% |
| CIE Lab | 84.95, -1.12, 11.24 |
| LCh | 84.95, 11.3, 95.7° |
| XYZ | 62.16, 65.91, 58.73 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 12-0110 TCX Pistachio Shell · ΔE 1.8 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 1013 Oyster white · ΔE 2.57 |
| 12-0110 TCX Pistachio Shell | ΔE 1.8 | |
| 12-0104 TCX White Asparagus | ΔE 2.72 | |
| 12-0605 TCX Angora | ΔE 2.81 | |
| RAL 1013 Oyster white | ΔE 2.57 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
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