Roasted Coffee Beans (BM 2098-20)
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Roasted Coffee Beans (BM 2098-20) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 9.6, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Roasted Coffee Beans
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Roasted Coffee Beans 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 Roasted Coffee Beans, 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 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Brown Velvet | N160-7 | 9.3 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Rich Chocolate | 1005-9A | 9 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Bird House Brown | 1072-7 | 8 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Roasted Coffee Beans (LRV 9.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Roasted Coffee Beans
Darker than Roasted Coffee Beans
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2098-20 |
| Hex | #6D4C3F |
| RGB | 109, 76, 63 |
| HSL | 17°, 27%, 34% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.6, 12.1, 13.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Roasted Coffee Beans (BM 2098-20), published as #6D4C3F
#5F443E
#7B553E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Roasted Coffee Beans (BM 2098-20)?
- Roasted Coffee Beans has an LRV of 9.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Roasted Coffee Beans is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Roasted Coffee Beans in another brand?
- Brown Velvet (Behr N160-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Roasted Coffee Beans warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Roasted Coffee Beans as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 13.3; 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.