Benjamin Moore Jute AF-80

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Jute for living room (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Jute for bathroom (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Jute reviews (1 photo)
What are Benjamin Moore Jute undertones?
Is Jute AF-80 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Jute
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Jute AF-80
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Jute AF-80
Code:	AF-80
Name:	Jute
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Jute?

Benjamin Moore Jute AF-80 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm cast and soft gray-tan restraint. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the creamy undertone gives it more warmth than a true cool gray. In bright daylight, Jute can look airy and lightly sand-colored; under warmer bulbs, it takes on a cozier oatmeal-beige character. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a pale neutral is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, woven fibers, and charcoal or deep olive accents for contrast.

Jute for living room

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Benjamin Moore AF-80 for bathroom

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Benjamin Moore Jute reviews

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What are Benjamin Moore Jute undertones?

Jute AF-80 reads as a light, softly muted neutral in the beige-to-cream family, with a subtle yellow cast in the supplied digital sample. Its low saturation keeps it from looking strongly golden, though the slight yellow bias can make it feel warmer than a gray-based off-white. Benjamin Moore describes it as having “delicate notes of green-brown,” which adds depth to its soft-neutral character rather than changing its overall light beige appearance. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear a little quieter and less yellow.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#D9D2BE

RGB code:

217, 210, 190

Is Benjamin Moore Jute cool or warm?

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With a hue of 44°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

AF-80 Jute HSL code: 44, 26%, 80%

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 Jute

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Jute:

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 Jute with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 224, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Coastline.

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LRV of Jute

Jute has an LRV of 63.3% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 63.3%, 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	#D9D2BE
RGB Decimal	217, 210, 190
RGB Percent	85.10%, 82.35%, 74.51%
HSV	Hue: 44° Saturation: 12.44% Value: 85.1%
HSL	hsl(44, 26, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.23 Yellow: 12.44 Key: 14.9
YIQ	Y: 209.813 I: 10.598 Q: -4.743
XYZ	X: 60.955 Y: 64.563 Z: 57.952
CIE Lab	L:84.258 a:-0.967 b:10.778
CIE Luv	L:84.258 u:5.248 v:15.966
Decimal	14275262
Hunter Lab	80.351, -5.205, 13.484