Manchester Tan (BM HC-81) vs Clay Beige (BM OC-11)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan HC-81 (simulated) — Manchester Tan BM HC-81#DBD2BC, LRV 63.2 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Clay Beige OC-11 (simulated) — Clay Beige BM OC-11#D9CFBB, LRV 61.6

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Manchester Tan, LRV 63.2 vs 61.6.
Warmer: About the same (Lab b* 12.0 vs 11.2). Manchester Tan reads yellow; Clay Beige reads greige.
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 80.4 vs 79.5 in north light).
Trim that works: White Blush BM 904, #F6F0E1, LRV 84.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.2, very close. At 1.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Manchester TanBenjamin Moore, BM HC-81LRV 63.2, #DBD2BC

More comparisons with Manchester Tan

Clay BeigeBenjamin Moore, BM OC-11LRV 61.6, #D9CFBB

Manchester Tan (BM HC-81) is slightly lighter than Clay Beige (BM OC-11) and about as warm: LRV 63.2 vs 61.6, deltaE 1.2 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Manchester Tan	Clay Beige	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	HC-81	OC-11
Hex	#DBD2BC	#D9CFBB
RGB	219, 210, 188	217, 207, 187
HSL	43°, 30%, 80%	40°, 28%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63.2	61.6	+1.6
Lab L*	84.4	83.4	+1.0
Lab a*	-0.6	0.1	−0.7
Lab b*	12.0	11.2	+0.8
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Manchester Tan (BM HC-81), published as #DBD2BC

North light (cool, indirect)
#CAC8BA

South light (warm, direct)
#ECDCBC

Clay Beige (BM OC-11), published as #D9CFBB

North light (cool, indirect)
#C8C5B9

South light (warm, direct)
#EAD9BB

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 Manchester Tan (BM HC-81) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1.6 LRV points lighter (63.2 vs 61.6), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Manchester Tan in other brands

Closest matches to Clay Beige in other brands

Common questions

Is Manchester Tan the same color as Clay Beige?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Manchester Tan and Clay Beige.
Which is lighter, Manchester Tan or Clay Beige?: Manchester Tan, with an LRV of 63.2 against 61.6.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Manchester Tan: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Clay Beige: 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.