Benjamin Moore Café Mocha 2099-50

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Benjamin Moore Café Mocha reviews (2 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Café Mocha undertones?
Is Café Mocha 2099-50 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Café Mocha
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Café Mocha 2099-50
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Café Mocha 2099-50
Code:	2099-50
Name:	Café Mocha
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Café Mocha?

Benjamin Moore Café Mocha 2099-50 is a light, muted warm neutral with a noticeable rosy-beige cast. Its #C5A99F color value gives it a soft mid-light depth: substantial enough to define a wall, yet pale enough to keep a room feeling open. Warm daylight brings out its peachy tan side, while lower or cooler light can make the color read more like dusty pink-beige. It suits bedrooms, dining rooms, and living areas where white trim, oatmeal linens, natural oak, and aged brass provide grounded companions. For contrast, pair Café Mocha with creamy off-whites, deep brown wood, or charcoal accents rather than sharp, icy grays.

Benjamin Moore Café Mocha reviews (2 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Café Mocha undertones?

Café Mocha is a mid-light, muted brick 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:

#C5A99F

RGB code:

197, 169, 159

Is Benjamin Moore Café Mocha cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 16°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

2099-50 Café Mocha HSL code: 16, 25%, 70%

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 Café Mocha

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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Café Mocha:

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 Café Mocha with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 196, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.

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LRV of Café Mocha

Café Mocha has an LRV of 41.95% 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 41.95%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#C5A99F
RGB Decimal	197, 169, 159
RGB Percent	77.25%, 66.27%, 62.35%
HSV	Hue: 16° Saturation: 19.29% Value: 77.25%
HSL	hsl(16, 25, 70)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 14.21 Yellow: 19.29 Key: 22.75
YIQ	Y: 176.232 I: 19.899 Q: 2.811
XYZ	X: 43.471 Y: 42.751 Z: 38.753
CIE Lab	L:71.385 a:8.573 b:8.929
CIE Luv	L:71.385 u:17.862 v:11.149
Decimal	12954015
Hunter Lab	65.384, 4.256, 10.628