Behr Exploring Khaki PPU8-06
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| Code: | PPU8-06 |
| Name: | Exploring Khaki |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Exploring Khaki?
Behr Exploring Khaki PPU8-06 is a muted mid-tone khaki with warm beige and softened yellow-brown undertones. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly golden, giving walls an earthy, gently weathered look instead. In bright daylight, this color can appear lighter and more sand-toned, while evening lighting brings out its deeper tan cast. Exploring Khaki suits living rooms, entryways, and studies where natural wood, leather, linen, or aged brass are part of the palette. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, deep olive greens, or warm terracotta details for contrast without making the room feel stark.
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What are Behr Exploring Khaki undertones?
Exploring Khaki is a mid-light, muted caramel tan. 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:
170, 154, 121
Is Behr Exploring Khaki cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 40°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU8-06 Exploring Khaki HSL code: 40, 22%, 57%
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 Exploring 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 Exploring 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
PPU8-06
Exploring Khaki
Darker shades
PPU8-06
Exploring Khaki
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 Exploring Khaki with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Behr Adirondack Blue and Nypd.
LRV of Exploring Khaki
Exploring Khaki has an LRV of 32.95% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 32.95%, 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 | #aa9a79 |
| RGB Decimal | 170, 154, 121 |
| RGB Percent | 66.67%, 60.39%, 47.45% |
| HSV | Hue: 40° Saturation: 28.82% Value: 66.67% |
| HSL | hsl(40, 22, 57) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 9.41 Yellow: 28.82 Key: 33.33 |
| YIQ | Y: 155.022 I: 20.139 Q: -6.885 |
| XYZ | X: 31.584 Y: 33.039 Z: 22.797 |
| CIE Lab | L:64.192 a:0.667 b:19.502 |
| CIE Luv | L:64.192 u:11.928 v:25.821 |
| Decimal | 11180665 |
| Hunter Lab | 57.479, -2.505, 16.72 |
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