Cream Cake (Valspar 3002-4C)
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Cream Cake (Valspar 3002-4C) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 79, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cream Cake
Four Valspar colors picked for Cream Cake 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 Cream 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 | Full Moon | SW 6679 | 78 | 1.4 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Aura | 169 | 77.5 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Summer Sunshine | PPL-40 | 81.6 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sausalito | 1209-2 | 79 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Cream Cake (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Cream Cake
Darker than Cream Cake
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3002-4C |
| Hex | #F4E4C2 |
| RGB | 244, 228, 194 |
| HSL | 41°, 69%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.1, 0.1, 18.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cream Cake (Valspar 3002-4C), published as #F4E4C2
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#FFEEC2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cream Cake (Valspar 3002-4C)?
- Cream Cake has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cream Cake is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cream Cake in another brand?
- Aura (BM 169) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cream Cake warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Cream Cake as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 18.6; 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.