Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan CW-145

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Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan reviews (5 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan undertones?
Is Brick House Tan CW-145 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Brick House Tan
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Brick House Tan CW-145
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Brick House Tan CW-145
Code:	CW-145
Name:	Brick House Tan
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan?

Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan CW-145 is a muted light beige with a noticeable warm, sandy cast. Its low-contrast blend of cream, tan, and soft gray-brown keeps it from reading overly yellow or orange. In bright daylight, Brick House Tan can appear airy and lightly sun-washed, while lower or warmer artificial light brings out its deeper khaki-beige side. It is well suited to living room, hallway, and bedroom walls where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, woven linen, aged brass, and charcoal or deep olive accents for definition.

Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan reviews (5 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan undertones?

Brick House Tan is a mid-light, muted tan with a clear yellow-beige direction and low saturation, so it reads as soft rather than strongly golden. Its relative undertone appears gently warm, leaning more yellow than red or gray in the supplied digital sample. Benjamin Moore describes it as a soft tan associated with an 18th-century Williamsburg tradition of mixing white and black pigments, rather than naming a specific undertone. Warm artificial light may bring out its yellow-beige warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear a little more neutral and subdued.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C8BCA7

RGB code:

200, 188, 167

Is Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 38°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

CW-145 Brick House Tan HSL code: 38, 23%, 72%

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 Brick House Tan

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Brick House 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

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Darker shades

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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 Brick House Tan with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

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LRV of Brick House Tan

Brick House Tan has an LRV of 50.21% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 50.21%, 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	#C8BCA7
RGB Decimal	200, 188, 167
RGB Percent	78.43%, 73.73%, 65.49%
HSV	Hue: 38° Saturation: 16.5% Value: 78.43%
HSL	hsl(38, 23, 72)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.0 Yellow: 16.5 Key: 21.57
YIQ	Y: 189.194 I: 13.899 Q: -3.997
XYZ	X: 48.777 Y: 51.037 Z: 43.83
CIE Lab	L:76.701 a:0.734 b:12.157
CIE Luv	L:76.701 u:8.42 v:17.257
Decimal	13155495
Hunter Lab	71.44, -3.146, 13.632