Behr Desert Khaki N310-4
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| Code: | N310-4 |
| Name: | Desert Khaki |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Desert Khaki?
Behr Desert Khaki N310-4 is a muted mid-tone beige with a noticeable khaki cast, sitting between soft tan and weathered greige. Its low saturation keeps the color grounded rather than yellow, giving walls a natural, lightly dusted appearance. In bright daylight, Desert Khaki can read as a gentle warm neutral, while lower or cooler light may bring out its subdued gray-beige side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a deeper neutral is needed without moving into dark brown. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, black metal, oak, linen, and woven natural-fiber textures.
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What are Behr Desert Khaki undertones?
Desert Khaki is a mid-light, muted muted 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:
183, 172, 151
Is Behr Desert Khaki cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N310-4 Desert Khaki HSL code: 39, 18%, 65%
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 Desert Khaki
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 Desert Khaki:
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
N310-4
Desert Khaki
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 Desert Khaki with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Behr Shaved Ice and Adirondack Blue.
LRV of Desert Khaki
Desert Khaki has an LRV of 41.82% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 41.82%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #b7ac97 |
| RGB Decimal | 183, 172, 151 |
| RGB Percent | 71.76%, 67.45%, 59.22% |
| HSV | Hue: 39° Saturation: 17.49% Value: 71.76% |
| HSL | hsl(39, 18, 65) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.01 Yellow: 17.49 Key: 28.24 |
| YIQ | Y: 172.895 I: 13.303 Q: -4.208 |
| XYZ | X: 39.866 Y: 41.807 Z: 35.239 |
| CIE Lab | L:70.738 a:0.406 b:12.233 |
| CIE Luv | L:70.738 u:7.848 v:17.12 |
| Decimal | 12037271 |
| Hunter Lab | 64.659, -3.096, 12.948 |
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