Benjamin Moore  Color Preview® Collection  Yellows

Ochre

A mid-tone, saturated yellow. Tinted at the counter in the Benjamin Moore lines below, while you wait.

2151-30LRV 34Exterior approved

On the wall at Raintree: Color Preview, fourth column from the left, bottom band

Reading

LRV is how much light a color reflects, from 0 for black to 100 for pure white.

At LRV 34 it absorbs roughly two-thirds of the light that falls on it, which is where a wall facing the afternoon sun starts to get hot.

Aura Exterior and Element Guard hold their color in our sun at this depth. The wall that takes the afternoon sun is where fading shows first.

It works across a whole room with good south-facing windows, and as a single wall, a cabinet body or an accent anywhere else.

Matte or eggshell on walls; satin holds up better on garage doors and high-touch trim. Flat on exterior stucco.

Master Color Index

Code
2151-30
Collection
Color Preview® Collection
Family
Yellows
LRV (official)
34
Exterior
Approved for exterior use
Tints in
Every Benjamin Moore line we carry

Also known as

Same paint, published under one more code in other Benjamin Moore collections.

Works on

  • — Exterior body: within the Paradise Valley hillside and Scottsdale Foothills limits, not Scottsdale’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands
  • — Garage doors and exterior accents
  • — Feature and accent walls
  • — Cabinet bodies

On the wall

A stucco front, saguaros along the walk, shown in Ochre
A stucco front, saguaros along the walk
A ranch house with a front porch, shown in Ochre
A ranch house with a front porch
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner, shown in Ochre
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner
A living room, steel windows to the desert, shown in Ochre
A living room, steel windows to the desert
A living room under a vaulted ceiling, shown in Ochre
A living room under a vaulted ceiling
A great room with a stone fireplace, shown in Ochre
A great room with a stone fireplace

Get it mixed

Every line below tints to 2151-30. Pick the one that matches the surface.

Neighbors

Two steps lighter, two steps darker, and the color most often mistaken for it. Ranked by measured color distance.

  • Morgan Hill Gold189LRV 38Four points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Yellows.
  • Gibson Gold378LRV 37Three points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Yellows.
  • Aztec Yellow2152-20LRV 29Five points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Yellows.
  • Golden Chalice2151-20LRV 27Seven points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Yellows.
  • Leap of Faith210LRV 35The closest color in the catalog by measured distance. One point lighter at about the same warmth.

Questions

  • Will it look like this on my wall?

    Not exactly. Screens vary, and paint shifts with the light in the room. Before you commit, put a sample on the wall for a full day. See it in morning light, afternoon light and lamplight before the gallons are tinted.

  • Is it approved for my HOA?

    It depends on your community. Search your HOA to see its approved palette, then bring the scheme in and we will tell you how Ochre compares. Committees approve the color. The brand on the can is not part of the approval, so Benjamin Moore is fine as long as the color matches the approved sheet.

  • Which line for a west-facing exterior?

    Aura Exterior or Element Guard. At this depth the wall gets hot enough that the quality of the paint decides how long the color holds.

  • Can you match it in another brand?

    We tint Benjamin Moore. 2151-30 is a Benjamin Moore formula, so nothing is approximated; it is mixed exactly as published. If you have a Dunn‑Edwards code, Benjamin Moore already has that formula too. For a chip or a lid with no code, bring it in. We will read it and tell you how close we can get.