Rice Cake (PPG 12-09)
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Rice Cake (PPG 12-09) is a very light, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 80, so it reflects about 80 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Rice Cake
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Rice Cake by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Rice Cake, 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 | Fresh Zest | SW 9662 | 82 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Cameo White | 915 | 77.9 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Informal Ivory | 330E-1 | 80.4 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Frolic | 7003-12 | 80 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints beige colors nearest to Rice Cake (LRV 80) by LRV.
Lighter than Rice Cake
Darker than Rice Cake
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 12-09 |
| Hex | #F1E7CE |
| RGB | 241, 231, 206 |
| HSL | 43°, 56%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 80 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.8, -0.7, 13.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Rice Cake (PPG 12-09), published as #F1E7CE
#E0DDCC
#FFF1CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Rice Cake (PPG 12-09)?
- Rice Cake has an LRV of 80. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Rice Cake is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Rice Cake in another brand?
- Cameo White (BM 915) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Rice Cake warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Rice Cake as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 13.4; 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.