Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) vs Aged Beige (Behr PPU7-09)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Aged Beige, LRV 62.9 vs 59.8.
- Warmer
- About the same, both greige (Lab b* 9.2 vs 8.4).
- North rooms
- Aged Beige keeps more brightness (L* 79.4 vs 77.7 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Exclusive Ivory Behr HDC-MD-11, #EEE6D8, LRV 79.7 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.5, very close. At 1.5, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) is slightly darker than Aged Beige (Behr PPU7-09) and about as warm: LRV 59.8 vs 62.9, deltaE 1.5 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Even Better Beige | Aged Beige | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Behr | Behr | |
| Color code | DC-010 | PPU7-09 | |
| Hex | #D4CABA | #D7CFC0 | |
| RGB | 212, 202, 186 | 215, 207, 192 | |
| HSL | 37°, 23%, 78% | 39°, 22%, 80% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 59.8 (est.) | 62.9 (est.) | −3.1 |
| Lab L* | 81.7 | 83.4 | −1.7 |
| Lab a* | 0.8 | 0.2 | +0.6 |
| Lab b* | 9.2 | 8.4 | +0.8 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Beige | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010), published as #D4CABA
#C3C0B8
#E5D4BA
Aged Beige (Behr PPU7-09), published as #D7CFC0
#C6C5BE
#E9D9C0
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Aged Beige (Behr PPU7-09) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3.1 LRV points lighter (62.9 vs 59.8), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Even Better Beige in other brands
Closest matches to Aged Beige in other brands
Common questions
- Is Even Better Beige the same color as Aged Beige?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.5. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Even Better Beige and Aged Beige.
- Which is lighter, Even Better Beige or Aged Beige?
- Aged Beige, with an LRV of 62.9 against 59.8.
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Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. 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.