Benjamin Moore Cougar Brown 2106-40
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| Official page: | Cougar Brown 2106-40 |
| Code: | 2106-40 |
| Name: | Cougar Brown |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Cougar Brown?
Benjamin Moore Cougar Brown 2106-40 is a muted medium brown with a noticeable rosy, clay-like cast that keeps it from reading flat or overly dark. Its softened warmth suits living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms where a grounded wall color is wanted without the heaviness of a deep chocolate brown. In brighter daylight, the color can show more of its dusty pink-beige undertone, while evening light tends to bring out its deeper brown side. Pair Cougar Brown with creamy off-whites, weathered oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass for a layered, natural look. It also has enough depth for painted cabinetry or a single accent wall in a room with generous light.
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What are Benjamin Moore Cougar Brown undertones?
Cougar Brown is a midtone, 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:
156, 129, 116
Is Benjamin Moore Cougar Brown cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 19°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
2106-40 Cougar Brown HSL code: 19, 17%, 53%
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 Cougar 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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cougar 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
2106-40
Cougar 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 Cougar Brown with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 199, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Cougar Brown
Cougar Brown has an LRV of 24.88% 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 24.88%, 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 | #9C8174 |
| RGB Decimal | 156, 129, 116 |
| RGB Percent | 61.18%, 50.59%, 45.49% |
| HSV | Hue: 19° Saturation: 25.64% Value: 61.18% |
| HSL | hsl(19, 17, 53) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 17.31 Yellow: 25.64 Key: 38.82 |
| YIQ | Y: 135.591 I: 20.267 Q: 1.666 |
| XYZ | X: 24.713 Y: 24.03 Z: 19.855 |
| CIE Lab | L:56.118 a:8.274 b:10.928 |
| CIE Luv | L:56.118 u:17.824 v:13.105 |
| Decimal | 10256756 |
| Hunter Lab | 49.021, 4.201, 10.3 |
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