Behr Kaffee MQ2-49
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| Code: | MQ2-49 |
| Name: | Kaffee |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Kaffee?
Behr Kaffee MQ2-49 is a muted medium brown with a soft, earthy cast that keeps it from reading overly dark or heavy. Its #816d5a value suggests a restrained warmth, with gray-brown influence that can look slightly deeper in low light. Use Kaffee on a dining room wall, home office, or exterior trim when you want a grounded neutral with more presence than beige. It pairs naturally with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, black metal hardware, and oak or walnut finishes. On cabinetry or an accent wall, this shade can bring definition while maintaining a calm, low-contrast palette.
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What are Behr Kaffee undertones?
Kaffee is a midtone, muted ochre-brown. 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:
129, 109, 90
Is Behr Kaffee cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 29°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ2-49 Kaffee HSL code: 29, 18%, 43%
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 Kaffee
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Kaffee:
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
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 Kaffee with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 209, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Kaffee
Kaffee has an LRV of 16.61% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 16.61%, 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 | #816d5a |
| RGB Decimal | 129, 109, 90 |
| RGB Percent | 50.59%, 42.75%, 35.29% |
| HSV | Hue: 29° Saturation: 30.23% Value: 50.59% |
| HSL | hsl(29, 18, 43) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 15.5 Yellow: 30.23 Key: 49.41 |
| YIQ | Y: 112.814 I: 18.024 Q: -1.682 |
| XYZ | X: 16.367 Y: 16.343 Z: 11.962 |
| CIE Lab | L:47.422 a:4.806 b:13.558 |
| CIE Luv | L:47.422 u:13.746 v:16.177 |
| Decimal | 8482138 |
| Hunter Lab | 40.427, 1.522, 10.754 |
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