Benjamin Moore Butternut Brown 2095-30
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| Official page: | Butternut Brown 2095-30 |
| Code: | 2095-30 |
| Name: | Butternut Brown |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Butternut Brown?
Benjamin Moore Butternut Brown 2095-30 is a muted medium-dark brown with a noticeable warm, reddish cast. Its softened depth keeps it from reading as a heavy chocolate, while the low-key saturation gives walls a grounded, earthy presence. In bright daylight, this color can show more of its warm clay-brown character; under evening lamps, it settles into a deeper, more enveloping brown. Use Butternut Brown on a dining room, library, or powder room for a close, cocooning effect, or reserve it for cabinetry and interior doors against lighter walls. It pairs naturally with creamy off-whites, warm taupe, aged brass, cognac leather, and medium to dark wood finishes.
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What are Benjamin Moore Butternut Brown undertones?
Butternut Brown is a midtone, muted earthy red. The HEX sample leans red; 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:
126, 88, 73
Is Benjamin Moore Butternut Brown cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 17°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
2095-30 Butternut Brown HSL code: 17, 27%, 39%
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 Butternut 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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Butternut 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
2095-30
Butternut 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 Butternut Brown with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 197, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Butternut Brown
Butternut Brown has an LRV of 13.21% 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 13.21%, 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 | #7E5849 |
| RGB Decimal | 126, 88, 73 |
| RGB Percent | 49.41%, 34.51%, 28.63% |
| HSV | Hue: 17° Saturation: 42.06% Value: 49.41% |
| HSL | hsl(17, 27, 39) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 30.16 Yellow: 42.06 Key: 50.59 |
| YIQ | Y: 97.652 I: 27.464 Q: 3.37 |
| XYZ | X: 13.297 Y: 11.897 Z: 7.898 |
| CIE Lab | L:41.052 a:13.648 b:14.958 |
| CIE Luv | L:41.052 u:26.168 v:15.29 |
| Decimal | 8280137 |
| Hunter Lab | 34.492, 8.452, 10.569 |
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