Tan Your Hide (PPG 1091-6)
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Tan Your Hide (PPG 1091-6) is a deep, warm yellow from PPG Paints: LRV 31, so it reflects about 31 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tan Your Hide
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Tan Your Hide by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, 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 Tan Your Hide, 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 | Peristyle Brass | SW 0043 | 30 | 2.2 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Kurkuma | AF-350 | 31.7 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Radiance | MQ4-07 | 31.5 | 1.6 | very close |
| Valspar | Camel Ride | 3005-7A | 28 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints yellow colors nearest to Tan Your Hide (LRV 31) by LRV.
Lighter than Tan Your Hide
Darker than Tan Your Hide
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1091-6 |
| Hex | #B5905A |
| RGB | 181, 144, 90 |
| HSL | 36°, 38%, 53% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 31 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 62.1, 7.1, 33.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tan Your Hide (PPG 1091-6), published as #B5905A
#A68659
#C49A59
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tan Your Hide (PPG 1091-6)?
- Tan Your Hide has an LRV of 31. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tan Your Hide is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Tan Your Hide in another brand?
- Kurkuma (BM AF-350) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Tan Your Hide warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Tan Your Hide as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 33.9; 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.