Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter 2159-20
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| Official page: | Peanut Butter 2159-20 |
| Code: | 2159-20 |
| Name: | Peanut Butter |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter?
Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter 2159-20 is a saturated golden-brown with clear amber and orange undertones. Its mid-to-deep value gives walls noticeable color presence, especially in rooms with abundant daylight. In warm afternoon light, Peanut Butter can look more sunbaked and honeyed, while cooler lighting brings out its earthy ochre side. It suits dining rooms, entryways, and accent walls where a warm, grounded color is welcome. Pair it with creamy off-whites, deep olive greens, charcoal, natural wood, and aged brass for a layered, material-rich look.
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What are Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter undertones?
Peanut Butter is a mid-light, soft caramel tan. The HEX sample leans yellow-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:
204, 144, 64
Is Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 34° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
2159-20 Peanut Butter HSL code: 34, 58%, 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 Peanut Butter
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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter:
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
2159-20
Peanut Butter
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 Peanut Butter with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Benjamin Moore Franklin Lakes and Slate Blue.
LRV of Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter has an LRV of 31.49% 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 31.49%, 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 | #CC9040 |
| RGB Decimal | 204, 144, 64 |
| RGB Percent | 80.00%, 56.47%, 25.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 34° Saturation: 68.63% Value: 80.0% |
| HSL | hsl(34, 58, 53) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 29.41 Yellow: 68.63 Key: 20.0 |
| YIQ | Y: 152.82 I: 61.462 Q: -12.204 |
| XYZ | X: 35.803 Y: 33.157 Z: 9.363 |
| CIE Lab | L:64.288 a:15.033 b:50.149 |
| CIE Luv | L:64.288 u:47.909 v:52.952 |
| Decimal | 13406272 |
| Hunter Lab | 57.582, 10.217, 30.666 |
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