Milk Toast (Valspar 3001-10B)
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Milk Toast (Valspar 3001-10B) is a medium, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 54, so it reflects about 54 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Milk Toast
Four Valspar colors picked for Milk Toast by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Milk Toast, 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 | Classic Sand | SW 0056 | 53 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Boudoir | AF-190 | 55 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Comforting | ICC-42 | 54.9 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cocoa Cream | 1079-3 | 60 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Milk Toast (LRV 54) by LRV.
Lighter than Milk Toast
Darker than Milk Toast
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3001-10B |
| Hex | #D6BFAB |
| RGB | 214, 191, 171 |
| HSL | 28°, 34%, 75% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 54 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 78.8, 5.0, 13.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Milk Toast (Valspar 3001-10B), published as #D6BFAB
#C6B5A9
#E7C9AB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Milk Toast (Valspar 3001-10B)?
- Milk Toast has an LRV of 54. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Milk Toast is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Milk Toast in another brand?
- Comforting (Behr ICC-42) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Milk Toast warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Milk Toast as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 13.1; 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.