Cookie Dough (BM 916)
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Cookie Dough (BM 916) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 75.8, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cookie Dough
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Cookie Dough by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Cookie Dough, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Tea Light | SW 7681 | 79 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Moonglow | QE-18 | 79.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Evening Sun | 3004-6C | 82 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | To The Rescue | 12-25 | 79 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Cookie Dough (LRV 75.8) by LRV.
Lighter than Cookie Dough
Darker than Cookie Dough
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 916 |
| Hex | #F6E3C3 |
| RGB | 246, 227, 195 |
| HSL | 38°, 74%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75.8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.0, 1.5, 18.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cookie Dough (BM 916), published as #F6E3C3
#E5D9C1
#FFEDC3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cookie Dough (BM 916)?
- Cookie Dough has an LRV of 75.8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cookie Dough is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cookie Dough in another brand?
- Moonglow (Behr QE-18) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cookie Dough warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Cookie Dough as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 18.0; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.