Behr Almond Butter MQ2-23
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| Code: | MQ2-23 |
| Name: | Almond Butter |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Almond Butter?
Behr Almond Butter MQ2-23 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable warm golden-tan cast. Its soft, low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the warmth gives white trim and pale wood a gentler contrast. In bright daylight, Almond Butter can look creamy and sandy; under warmer bulbs, its beige depth becomes more pronounced. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan walls where a light neutral is wanted without a stark white effect. Pair it with warm ivory, caramel leather, natural oak, woven linen, or subdued olive and clay accents.
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What are Behr Almond Butter undertones?
Almond Butter is a light, muted golden beige. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
216, 198, 168
Is Behr Almond Butter cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 38°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ2-23 Almond Butter HSL code: 38, 38%, 75%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Almond Butter
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Almond Butter:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
MQ2-23
Almond Butter
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Almond Butter with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Behr Shaved Ice and Adirondack Blue.
LRV of Almond Butter
Almond Butter has an LRV of 57.66% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 57.66%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #d8c6a8 |
| RGB Decimal | 216, 198, 168 |
| RGB Percent | 84.71%, 77.65%, 65.88% |
| HSV | Hue: 38° Saturation: 22.22% Value: 84.71% |
| HSL | hsl(38, 38, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.33 Yellow: 22.22 Key: 15.29 |
| YIQ | Y: 199.962 I: 20.367 Q: -5.528 |
| XYZ | X: 55.58 Y: 57.816 Z: 45.267 |
| CIE Lab | L:80.636 a:1.582 b:17.345 |
| CIE Luv | L:80.636 u:12.759 v:24.313 |
| Decimal | 14206632 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.037, -2.586, 17.929 |
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