Lemon Ice (BM OC-114)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Lemon Ice (BM OC-114) is a very light, warm green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 88.4, so it reflects about 88 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Lemon Ice
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Lemon Ice by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Lemon Ice, 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 | Carambola | SW 9667 | 82 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
| Behr | White Hydrangea | W-B-420 | 91.3 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gilded Endive | 7003-22 | 90 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Good Graces | 1211-1 | 86 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Lemon Ice (LRV 88.4) by LRV.
Lighter than Lemon Ice
Darker than Lemon Ice
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | OC-114 |
| Hex | #FAF8E0 |
| RGB | 250, 248, 224 |
| HSL | 55°, 72%, 93% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 88.4 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 97.2, -3.3, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Lemon Ice (BM OC-114), published as #FAF8E0
#E8EDDE
#FFFFDC
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Lemon Ice (BM OC-114)?
- Lemon Ice has an LRV of 88.4. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Lemon Ice is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Lemon Ice in another brand?
- White Hydrangea (Behr W-B-420) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Lemon Ice warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Lemon Ice as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; 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.