Freshly Baked (Valspar 3008-10A)
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Freshly Baked (Valspar 3008-10A) is a medium, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 50, so it reflects about 50 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Freshly Baked
Four Valspar colors picked for Freshly Baked 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 Freshly Baked, 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 | Loggia | SW 7506 | 48 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Brick House Tan | CW-145 | 50.2 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Pasha Brown | MQ2-51 | 48.2 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Summer Suede | 14-14 | 49 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Freshly Baked (LRV 50) by LRV.
Lighter than Freshly Baked
Darker than Freshly Baked
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3008-10A |
| Hex | #C7BAA6 |
| RGB | 199, 186, 166 |
| HSL | 36°, 23%, 72% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 50 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 76.1, 1.3, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Freshly Baked (Valspar 3008-10A), published as #C7BAA6
#B7B0A4
#D8C4A6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Freshly Baked (Valspar 3008-10A)?
- Freshly Baked has an LRV of 50. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Freshly Baked is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Freshly Baked in another brand?
- Brick House Tan (BM CW-145) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Freshly Baked warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Freshly Baked as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; 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.