Kentucky Birch (BM CSP-265)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Kentucky Birch (BM CSP-265) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 16.7, so it reflects about 17 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Kentucky Birch
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Kentucky Birch 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 Kentucky Birch, 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 | Tiki Hut | SW 7509 | 17 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Kaffee | MQ2-49 | 16.3 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Twilight Jungle | 3007-9A | 15 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Salted Pretzel | 1077-6 | 16 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Kentucky Birch (LRV 16.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Kentucky Birch
Darker than Kentucky Birch
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CSP-265 |
| Hex | #7F6C57 |
| RGB | 127, 108, 87 |
| HSL | 31°, 19%, 42% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 16.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 46.9, 4.1, 14.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Kentucky Birch (BM CSP-265), published as #7F6C57
#716356
#8E7556
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Kentucky Birch (BM CSP-265)?
- Kentucky Birch has an LRV of 16.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Kentucky Birch is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Kentucky Birch in another brand?
- Kaffee (Behr MQ2-49) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Kentucky Birch warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Kentucky Birch as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.6; 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.