I think your challenge will be going greige with the dominant warm colors in the counters & backsplash. I've used the same Behr color since the early 2000's. They don't even make the chip anymore, but the color is Sandbox. Others will certianly have a more current suggestion.

If it were me, I'd do a color capture on the granite to ID the taupe. Then I would look for a very light version of it. Or I'd do a true white. eg Simply White. Is this for you or resale?

ETA: Sorry just read that your b/s is cream. Looked white to me. Match the b/s color.

Just going to throw another one out there- SW Modern Gray SW 7632. LRV 62.

I used it in my last house in one room, (and it's really more beige than gray) and everyone would comment on it. It's a warm greige. The room was south facing but I did have blinds on it. Definitely worth a try?

Very pretty kitchen. Also as Mtn asked is this for you or resale?

We are staying for a while. its time to refresh.

What color do you have now?

When I was deciding on a light paint color for my kitchen cabinets I replace all the bulbs with these adjustable ones so I could see how the different types of lighting impacted the color. It was really helpful.

adjustable light bulbs

BM Powell Buff.

My living room is a pale yellow. That will be next. Trying to get away from the yellows.

I would try one of the medium-toned colors from the granite. Or the color of your grout. I wouldn't worry as much about LRV as I would about muddiness. How is that for a professional term?

Dee, yes. Hoping for actual color suggestions.

Maybe something very light brown undertone since its reads brown overall.

So I'm going to do what OP's hate from posters and not follow your guidelines. I had similar counter and backsplash in my previous house and the designer suggested BM Florentine Plaster which I loved. It complemented the counter and backsplash.

https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-ca/paint-colours/colour/cc-520/florentine-plaster

And there is also BM Revere Pewter

https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-ca/paint-colours/colour/hc-172/revere-pewter

Eld, I am looking at images of taupe kitchen cabinets and very few pictures share the paint color. If you look at white cabinets almost every picture has the color name. it's very odd.

I have a similar granite, cream colored cabinets, wood floors, BM Pale Oak walls and BM Decorator White trim. It all coordinates via the stone colors and I think it looks good.. The wall color was chosen with my ID for all the main rooms in the house because it can swing warm or cool.

These are my favorites in the taupe arena. Maybe try Wind’s Breath?

Eld, check out BM Sparrow. We had it in our kitchen and dining room in our last house and it was beautiful.

My whole house is a greige (not sure if it's taupey - that is so subjective) with an LRV of 64,78.

Benjamin Moore Natural Cream OC 14. On my monitor it looks good with your stone but obv, in person is required.

DLM, I have come actoss Natural Cream. Good to hear that you like it.

Can you share anpicture in a sunny area, if possible.

Look at BM Revere Pewter. I've seen it in very sunny rooms and ones with hardly any sun and it works well in both. I think it's probably considered a warm greige.

I have that same granite at my beach condo. No tile backsplash, but I painted the cabinets a very similar color, SW Shell White. I did a SW color consult, and she recommended SW Worldly Gray, but I ended up using SW Amazing Gray. Looks griege to me on the walls.

eld I will have to get a pic for you tomorrow - should be a sunny day.

Eld, I love your kitchen.

I’m not a paint color expert, and don’t know if this will help, but it just showed up on my IG and I thought the colors were very nice:

https://www.renovationhusbands.com/boston-victorian/kitchen

Jilly, i looked at the blog. Which colors do you mean?

Eld, the cabinet colors … but I just realized I misunderstood and thought you were painting your cabinets. Disregard my post, sorry. Can I blame Covid fever? 🥴

Pale oak is a great color! Pretty light.
Another light Benjamin Moore color is edgecomb gray. I call it baby rabbit color. Very soft taupe. Might be too cool for your counters.

You say you want to go away from the yellow, but does that mean more to the red or the blue? Do you have an inspiration for the LR that will help you decide.

I'll be the odd man out and tell you I still remember a kitchen that had similar colors to yours and she put aubergine on the walls. It was stunning. Especially since there's so little wall space, it didn't darken the room at all, but made the cabinetry and counter really pop.

If you don't like eggplant, another accent color would do that could be repeated in the LR.

Of course you're talking to someone who always has and still loves jewel tones....

Since I’m sitting here…here is Wind’s Breath in my LR.

Jilly, I loooove that kitchen. I follow Renovation Husbands too. Love the whole house but esp the kitchen.

Pale oak is a great color and what I had settled on until I hired Amy. She told me it would be too wimpy for my space and in bright light could go pink.

This is Natural Cream. Because the space is so open and there is light coming from 3 directions the walls look different but are all the same color. There is so much light flooding in today I can't get the pic right - color appears lighter IRL. Please do not look at my filthy windows!

DLM, very nice!

Sue, Wind’s Breath looks darker than I expected, but still very nice.

Im not thinking of going lighter. So hard to choose.

If you want to stick with the grays and neutrals, I have an ...er... affinity for BM affinity colors. In the pic anyway I see a lot of green in the granite, so I've picked a few here that you might want to try on....not as light as what others are suggesting, but I think they would work well.

The previous owner of our townhouse painted everything Edgecomb Gray before she sold to us. I like it. Easy neutral with no wierd undertones.

@czarinalex beautiful entry! And that color is very nice, very livable.

Eld, how sunny are the rooms you're going to paint? The size, shape, and light will make a big difference. We painted the bedrooms cream and at night one of the walls looks pink.

Our LR was super bright and we chose SW Bagel. I like it but it changes colors, because of nooks and crannies and dark wood floors. Oh, if you have wooden shutters, subtract some light from them unless you can open them up.

While looking up Bagel I found the back of our LR on Pinterest.

Bagel

Had I known about all the color changes I would have gone with a lighter color, but it works.

I love K's color! I also used Amy and she was very helpful.

Same area at night but we don't leave that lamp on all the time.

Daytime with my back to the back of room. Big color change.

Also wanted to mention that I was sure of the new color in my FR, but then as the first coat went on, it didn't look right and I was afraid I'd gone wrong. By the time the 2nd coat was done, it looked right and I was happy with it.

@DLM2000-GW I love the Natural Cream in your rooms! Beautiful color! I also like the wood piece above your french doors. What is it? I have an vintage engraved (embossed?) wood piece above our french doors; it's a piece from an old dresser!

Annie, I don’t want gray.

I am leaning toward Winds Breath.

I will look at the Jute.

Czar, we used Edgecomb in one of our rentals. I didn’t like it.

Bluebell, I have heard of Worldly. I will give it another look. LRV 57 is medium.

Oakley, your suggestion looks too much like what I have now and I want w change.

@Tina Marie it's a carved teak panel. Found it in a wonky little shop in SC