Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown 1234
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| Official page: | Baywood Brown 1234 |
| Code: | 1234 |
| Name: | Baywood Brown |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown?
Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown 1234 is a muted medium-light brown with a noticeable rosy beige cast, drawn from its soft #B5988A color value. It reads warmer than a standard taupe, but its subdued saturation keeps it from looking overly orange or red. In bright natural light, the color can appear like a dusty putty brown, while warmer evening lighting brings out its gentle pink-brown undertone. Baywood Brown is well suited to living room walls, bedrooms, or a dining room where a grounded neutral is wanted without turning the space dark. Pair it with creamy off-whites, weathered oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass for a layered, natural-looking palette.
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What are Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown undertones?
Baywood Brown is a mid-light, muted caramel orange. The HEX sample leans 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:
181, 152, 138
Is Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 20°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
1234 Baywood Brown HSL code: 20, 23%, 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 Baywood Brown
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 Benjamin Moore Baywood Brown:
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
1234
Baywood Brown
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 Baywood Brown with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 200, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Baywood Brown
Baywood Brown has an LRV of 34.09% 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 34.09%, 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 | #B5988A |
| RGB Decimal | 181, 152, 138 |
| RGB Percent | 70.98%, 59.61%, 54.12% |
| HSV | Hue: 20° Saturation: 23.76% Value: 70.98% |
| HSL | hsl(20, 23, 63) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 16.02 Yellow: 23.76 Key: 29.02 |
| YIQ | Y: 159.075 I: 21.78 Q: 1.778 |
| XYZ | X: 34.872 Y: 34.116 Z: 28.786 |
| CIE Lab | L:65.055 a:8.569 b:11.387 |
| CIE Luv | L:65.055 u:19.051 v:14.165 |
| Decimal | 11901066 |
| Hunter Lab | 58.409, 4.352, 11.666 |
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