Cocoa Butter (BM 1023)
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Cocoa Butter (BM 1023) is a light, warm greige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 70.7, so it reflects about 71 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cocoa Butter
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Cocoa Butter by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Cocoa Butter, 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 | Divine White | SW 6105 | 72 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Tuscan Beige | PWN-62 | 72.7 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Balance | 2004-10C | 75 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Maybe Mushroom | 1020-2 | 70 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore greige colors nearest to Cocoa Butter (LRV 70.7) by LRV.
Darker than Cocoa Butter
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1023 |
| Hex | #E5DBCE |
| RGB | 229, 219, 206 |
| HSL | 34°, 31%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 87.9, 1.2, 7.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cocoa Butter (BM 1023), published as #E5DBCE
#D4D1CC
#F7E5CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cocoa Butter (BM 1023)?
- Cocoa Butter has an LRV of 70.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cocoa Butter is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cocoa Butter in another brand?
- Tuscan Beige (Behr PWN-62) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cocoa Butter warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Cocoa Butter as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.6; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.