Rocky Road (BM CC-470)
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Rocky Road (BM CC-470) is a medium, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 41.3, so it reflects about 41 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Rocky Road
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Rocky Road by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Rocky Road, 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 | Perfect Greige | SW 6073 | 42 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Nantucket Sands | HDC-CL-05G | 40 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Ivory Brown | 6006-1C | 44 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Desert Dune | 1023-4 | 41 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Rocky Road (LRV 41.3) by LRV.
Lighter than Rocky Road
Darker than Rocky Road
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CC-470 |
| Hex | #B7AA9A |
| RGB | 183, 170, 154 |
| HSL | 33°, 17%, 66% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 41.3 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 70.3, 2.0, 9.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Rocky Road (BM CC-470), published as #B7AA9A
#A7A098
#C8B49A
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Rocky Road (BM CC-470)?
- Rocky Road has an LRV of 41.3. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Rocky Road is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Rocky Road in another brand?
- Nantucket Sands (Behr HDC-CL-05G) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Rocky Road warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Rocky Road as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.9; 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.