Benjamin Moore Buckhorn 987
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| Official page: | Buckhorn 987 |
| Code: | 987 |
| Name: | Buckhorn |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Buckhorn?
Benjamin Moore Buckhorn 987 is a muted, medium-depth brown with a dry, weathered cast and soft yellow-gray undertones. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly rustic or orange, giving the color a grounded, earthy look on walls. In bright daylight, Buckhorn can appear more like a faded khaki-brown, while lower or warmer light brings out its deeper brown side. It suits studies, dining rooms, entryways, and built-in cabinetry, especially alongside cream trim, aged brass, natural oak, leather, and stone. For contrast, pair this shade with charcoal accents or a clean off-white rather than stark, icy white.
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What are Benjamin Moore Buckhorn undertones?
Buckhorn 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:
132, 115, 94
Is Benjamin Moore Buckhorn cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
987 Buckhorn HSL code: 33, 17%, 44%
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 Buckhorn
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 Benjamin Moore Buckhorn:
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 Buckhorn with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Benjamin Moore Van Courtland Blue and Nocturnal Gray.
LRV of Buckhorn
Buckhorn has an LRV of 18.29% 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 18.29%, 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 | #84735E |
| RGB Decimal | 132, 115, 94 |
| RGB Percent | 51.76%, 45.10%, 36.86% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 28.79% Value: 51.76% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 17, 44) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 12.88 Yellow: 28.79 Key: 48.24 |
| YIQ | Y: 117.689 I: 16.879 Q: -2.939 |
| XYZ | X: 17.667 Y: 17.976 Z: 13.126 |
| CIE Lab | L:49.467 a:3.165 b:14.075 |
| CIE Luv | L:49.467 u:11.884 v:17.294 |
| Decimal | 8680286 |
| Hunter Lab | 42.398, 0.183, 11.323 |
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