Home Sweet Home (Behr MQ2-19)
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Home Sweet Home (Behr MQ2-19) is a deep, warm brown from Behr: LRV 22.8, so it reflects about 23 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Home Sweet Home
Four Behr colors picked for Home Sweet Home by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Home Sweet Home, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Rookwood Clay | SW 2823 | 23 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Firewood | 1027 | 23.7 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Dark Toast | 3001-9B | 21 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Chocolate Moment | 1077-5 | 23 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr brown colors nearest to Home Sweet Home (LRV 22.8 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Home Sweet Home
Darker than Home Sweet Home
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | MQ2-19 |
| Hex | #9B7E65 |
| RGB | 155, 126, 101 |
| HSL | 28°, 21%, 50% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 22.8 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 54.9, 7.5, 17.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Home Sweet Home (Behr MQ2-19), published as #9B7E65
#8C7564
#AA8764
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Home Sweet Home (Behr MQ2-19)?
- Home Sweet Home has an LRV of 22.8 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Home Sweet Home is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Home Sweet Home in another brand?
- Rookwood Clay (SW 2823) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Home Sweet Home warm or cool?
- Behr lists Home Sweet Home as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 17.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.