Coffee Bean (PPG 1025-7)
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Coffee Bean (PPG 1025-7) is a very deep, warm brown from PPG Paints: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Coffee Bean
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Coffee Bean by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Coffee Bean, 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 | Best Bronze | SW 6160 | 9 | 1.7 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | North Creek Brown | 1001 | 10.2 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Chocolate Cupcake | 710D-7 | 9.6 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Harvest Brown | 6009-2 | 10 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints brown colors nearest to Coffee Bean (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Coffee Bean
Darker than Coffee Bean
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1025-7 |
| Hex | #615544 |
| RGB | 97, 85, 68 |
| HSL | 35°, 18%, 32% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 36.9, 2.0, 11.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Coffee Bean (PPG 1025-7), published as #615544
#534C43
#6F5E43
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Coffee Bean (PPG 1025-7)?
- Coffee Bean has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Coffee Bean is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Coffee Bean in another brand?
- Chocolate Cupcake (Behr 710D-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Coffee Bean warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Coffee Bean as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.7; 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.