Roasted Pumpkin (Valspar 2005-3A)
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Roasted Pumpkin (Valspar 2005-3A) is a deep, warm red from Valspar: LRV 23, so it reflects about 23 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Roasted Pumpkin
Four Valspar colors picked for Roasted Pumpkin by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper red, 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 Roasted Pumpkin, 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 | Emotional | SW 6621 | 21 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Adobe Orange | 2171-30 | 24.5 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Raw Copper | T16-14 | 22.8 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Candy Corn | 17-16 | 24 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar red colors nearest to Roasted Pumpkin (LRV 23) by LRV.
Lighter than Roasted Pumpkin
Darker than Roasted Pumpkin
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2005-3A |
| Hex | #CD6651 |
| RGB | 205, 102, 81 |
| HSL | 10°, 55%, 56% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 23 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 55.2, 39.0, 30.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Red |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Roasted Pumpkin (Valspar 2005-3A), published as #CD6651
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Roasted Pumpkin (Valspar 2005-3A)?
- Roasted Pumpkin has an LRV of 23. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Roasted Pumpkin is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Roasted Pumpkin in another brand?
- Adobe Orange (BM 2171-30) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Roasted Pumpkin warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Roasted Pumpkin as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 30.7; 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.