Peanut Butter
There is more to Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter (2159-20) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. An LRV of 31.5 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#CC9040LRV
31.49
Coordinating Colors
Cotton Balls reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 31), opening up a space where Peanut Butter encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 8, Peanut Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 31, Timid White is decisively the brighter choice.
Durango Dust reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Peanut Butter encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Delightful Golden reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 12-point LRV gap (43 vs 31) makes Slate Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Instinct is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 31 vs 10, Peanut Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Peanut Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Peanut Butter encloses it.
Lighter Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Morgan Hill Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
Tavern Ochre reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 31), opening up a space where Peanut Butter encloses it.
Hathaway Gold reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 31), opening up a space where Peanut Butter encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Delightful Golden reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Fields of Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
Peanut Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Toasty brown undertones give this rich, creamy amber a satisfying finish.