Behr Smoked Tan HDC-NT-14
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| Code: | HDC-NT-14 |
| Name: | Smoked Tan |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Smoked Tan?
Behr Smoked Tan HDC-NT-14 is a muted, mid-tone tan with a soft gray cast that keeps its warmth in check. Its low-saturation beige-brown base reads earthy rather than golden, making it a grounded option for living room walls, bedrooms, or a quiet home office. In bright daylight, Smoked Tan can appear lighter and more neutral; under warmer lamps, its beige warmth becomes more noticeable. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, weathered oak, linen, and brushed black metal for a layered, natural-looking interior. It also has enough depth for cabinetry or an exterior trim color when set against lighter siding or stone.
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What are Behr Smoked Tan undertones?
Smoked Tan is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
174, 164, 148
Is Behr Smoked Tan cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 37°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
HDC-NT-14 Smoked Tan HSL code: 37, 14%, 63%
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 Smoked Tan
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 Smoked Tan:
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
HDC-NT-14
Smoked Tan
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 Smoked Tan with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Behr Shaved Ice and Adirondack Blue.
LRV of Smoked Tan
Smoked Tan has an LRV of 37.84% 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 37.84%, 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 | #aea494 |
| RGB Decimal | 174, 164, 148 |
| RGB Percent | 68.24%, 64.31%, 58.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 37° Saturation: 14.94% Value: 68.24% |
| HSL | hsl(37, 14, 63) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.75 Yellow: 14.94 Key: 31.76 |
| YIQ | Y: 165.166 I: 11.101 Q: -2.864 |
| XYZ | X: 36.076 Y: 37.688 Z: 33.383 |
| CIE Lab | L:67.79 a:0.851 b:9.605 |
| CIE Luv | L:67.79 u:6.919 v:13.358 |
| Decimal | 11445396 |
| Hunter Lab | 61.391, -2.541, 10.733 |
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