Morning Coffee (BM 2097-20)
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Morning Coffee (BM 2097-20) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 10, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Morning Coffee
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Morning Coffee by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Morning Coffee, 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 | Brevity Brown | SW 6068 | 10 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Brown Velvet | N160-7 | 9.3 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Western Brown | 2009-9 | 10 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Bigfoot | 1061-7 | 10 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Morning Coffee (LRV 10) by LRV.
Lighter than Morning Coffee
Darker than Morning Coffee
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2097-20 |
| Hex | #704E40 |
| RGB | 112, 78, 64 |
| HSL | 18°, 27%, 35% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 36.5, 12.4, 14.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Morning Coffee (BM 2097-20), published as #704E40
#62463F
#7E573F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Morning Coffee (BM 2097-20)?
- Morning Coffee has an LRV of 10. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Morning Coffee is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Morning Coffee in another brand?
- Brown Velvet (Behr N160-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Morning Coffee warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Morning Coffee as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.0; 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.