Toasted Coffee (Valspar 2008-3B)
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Toasted Coffee (Valspar 2008-3B) is a medium, warm yellow from Valspar: LRV 43, so it reflects about 43 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toasted Coffee
Four Valspar colors picked for Toasted Coffee by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, 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 Toasted 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 | Adventure Orange | SW 6655 | 42 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Antelope Canyon | 125 | 42.8 | 2.0 | very close |
| Behr | Apple Crisp | 290D-5 | 40.4 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Cornucopia | 1203-7 | 42 | 4.1 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar yellow colors nearest to Toasted Coffee (LRV 43) by LRV.
Lighter than Toasted Coffee
Darker than Toasted Coffee
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2008-3B |
| Hex | #E5A060 |
| RGB | 229, 160, 96 |
| HSL | 29°, 72%, 64% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 43 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 71.3, 19.0, 43.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toasted Coffee (Valspar 2008-3B), published as #E5A060
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toasted Coffee (Valspar 2008-3B)?
- Toasted 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 Toasted Coffee is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Toasted Coffee in another brand?
- Adventure Orange (SW 6655) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Toasted Coffee warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Toasted Coffee as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 43.2; 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.