Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream 995

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Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream reviews (3 photos)
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Mocha Cream 995
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Mocha Cream 995
Code:	995
Name:	Mocha Cream
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream?

Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream 995 is a light, muted beige with a soft gray cast that keeps it from reading overly yellow or sugary. Its low-saturation appearance gives walls a gently weathered, plaster-like quality, especially in rooms with diffuse daylight. In brighter exposure, Mocha Cream can look pale and airy, while evening light tends to bring out its warmer cream-beige side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is needed without the starkness of white. Pair it with off-white trim, taupe upholstery, natural oak, linen, and aged brass for a layered, grounded interior.

Mocha Cream for living room

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Benjamin Moore 995 on kitchen cabinets

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Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream reviews (3 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream undertones?

Mocha Cream reads as a light, very muted beige-neutral with a soft orange-leaning warmth in the supplied digital sample. Its color bias is subtle rather than strongly golden or pink, so it can look close to a pale taupe or creamy beige depending on surrounding colors. Benjamin Moore describes it as having “dusty taupe undertones,” which fits the way that muted taupe influence softens its otherwise warm beige character. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make its subdued taupe-beige side appear more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#D3C9BD

RGB code:

211, 201, 189

Is Benjamin Moore Mocha Cream cool or warm?

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cool

With a hue of 33°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

995 Mocha Cream HSL code: 33, 20%, 78%

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 Mocha Cream

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 Mocha Cream:

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 Mocha Cream 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.

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LRV of Mocha Cream

Mocha Cream has an LRV of 57.76% 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 57.76%, 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	#D3C9BD
RGB Decimal	211, 201, 189
RGB Percent	82.75%, 78.82%, 74.12%
HSV	Hue: 33° Saturation: 10.43% Value: 82.75%
HSL	hsl(33, 20, 78)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.74 Yellow: 10.43 Key: 17.25
YIQ	Y: 202.622 I: 9.815 Q: -1.619
XYZ	X: 56.934 Y: 59.297 Z: 56.577
CIE Lab	L:81.455 a:1.422 b:7.236
CIE Luv	L:81.455 u:6.569 v:10.393
Decimal	13879741
Hunter Lab	77.005, -2.782, 10.342