Kurkuma
Benjamin Moore's Kurkuma is a yellow shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#B99257LRV
31.67
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 69 vs 32, Morning Dew is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 32, October Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 32 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 33 and 32, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Kurkuma reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 17), opening up a space where Blue Spruce encloses it.
Feather Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 32), opening up a space where Kurkuma encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (32 vs 24) makes Kurkuma the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (32 vs 28) makes Kurkuma the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 32 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (41 vs 32) makes Camel Hair the marginally brighter of the two.
Simple Pleasures reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shelburne Buff reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 32), opening up a space where Kurkuma encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 32) makes Avant Garde the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (32 vs 25) makes Kurkuma the marginally brighter of the two.
Kurkuma reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 16), opening up a space where Desert Camel encloses it.
Kurkuma reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 14), opening up a space where Autumn Bronze encloses it.
Kurkuma reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 32 vs 17, Kurkuma is decisively the brighter choice.
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Manufacturer description
A rich, intriguing mélange of brown and gold.