Tavern Charcoal (BM CW-90)
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Tavern Charcoal (BM CW-90) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 9.7, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tavern Charcoal
Three Benjamin Moore colors picked for Tavern Charcoal by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Tavern Charcoal, 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 | Roycroft Bronze Green | SW 2846 | 9 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Olive Leaf | S-H-760 | 7.4 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Olive Suede | 6010-3 | 8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Licorice | 1009-7 | 8 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Tavern Charcoal (LRV 9.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Tavern Charcoal
Darker than Tavern Charcoal
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CW-90 |
| Hex | #524F44 |
| RGB | 82, 79, 68 |
| HSL | 47°, 9%, 29% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 33.6, -0.9, 7.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tavern Charcoal (BM CW-90), published as #524F44
#444643
#605844
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tavern Charcoal (BM CW-90)?
- Tavern Charcoal has an LRV of 9.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tavern Charcoal is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Tavern Charcoal in another brand?
- Olive Suede (Valspar 6010-3) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Tavern Charcoal warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Tavern Charcoal as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.0; 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.