Morning Coffee (Valspar 2005-10A)
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Morning Coffee (Valspar 2005-10A) is a medium, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 43, so it reflects about 43 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Morning Coffee
Four Valspar colors picked for Morning Coffee by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Morning Coffee, 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 | Sand Trap | SW 6066 | 40 | 2.0 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Venetian Portico | AF-185 | 41.9 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | California Stucco | ECC-57-1 | 44.1 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Transcend | 1079-4 | 43 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Morning Coffee (LRV 43) by LRV.
Lighter than Morning Coffee
Darker than Morning Coffee
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2005-10A |
| Hex | #C3AB99 |
| RGB | 195, 171, 153 |
| HSL | 26°, 26%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 43 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 71.6, 5.8, 12.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Morning Coffee (Valspar 2005-10A), published as #C3AB99
#B3A197
#D4B599
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Morning Coffee (Valspar 2005-10A)?
- Morning Coffee has an LRV of 43. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Morning Coffee is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Morning Coffee in another brand?
- California Stucco (Behr ECC-57-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Morning Coffee warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Morning Coffee as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.5; 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.