Benjamin Moore  Williamsburg® Color Collection  Neutrals

Coffeehouse Tan

A mid-tone, muted tan. Tinted at the counter in the Benjamin Moore lines below, while you wait.

CW-130LRV 37Exterior approved

On the wall at Raintree: Williamsburg

Reading

LRV is how much light a color reflects, from 0 for black to 100 for pure white.

At LRV 37 it absorbs roughly two-thirds of the light that falls on it, which is where a wall facing the afternoon sun starts to get hot.

Aura Exterior and Element Guard hold their color in our sun at this depth. The wall that takes the afternoon sun is where fading shows first.

It works across a whole room with good south-facing windows, and as a single wall, a cabinet body or an accent anywhere else.

Matte or eggshell on walls; satin holds up better on garage doors and high-touch trim. Flat on exterior stucco.

Master Color Index

Code
CW-130
Collection
Williamsburg® Color Collection
Family
Neutrals
LRV (official)
37
Exterior
Approved for exterior use
Tints in
Every Benjamin Moore line we carry

Also known as

No alias codes. CW-130 publishes in the Williamsburg® Color Collection only.

Works on

  • — Exterior body: within the Paradise Valley hillside and Scottsdale Foothills limits, not Scottsdale’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands
  • — Garage doors and exterior accents
  • — Feature and accent walls
  • — Cabinet bodies

On the wall

A stucco front, saguaros along the walk, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A stucco front, saguaros along the walk
A ranch house with a front porch, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A ranch house with a front porch
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A pueblo-style front, saguaro at the corner
A living room, steel windows to the desert, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A living room, steel windows to the desert
A living room under a vaulted ceiling, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A living room under a vaulted ceiling
A great room with a stone fireplace, shown in Coffeehouse Tan
A great room with a stone fireplace

Get it mixed

Every line below tints to CW-130. Pick the one that matches the surface.

Neighbors

Two steps lighter, two steps darker, and the color most often mistaken for it. Ranked by measured color distance.

  • Hillsborough Beige1033LRV 40Three points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Neutrals.
  • Brookline BeigeHC-47LRV 40Three points lighter at about the same warmth. Also in Neutrals.
  • Great Plains Gold1077LRV 33Four points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Neutrals.
  • Northampton PuttyHC-89LRV 33Four points darker at about the same warmth. Also in Neutrals.
  • Sherwood Tan1054LRV 37The closest color in the catalog by measured distance. Same reflectance at about the same warmth.

Questions

  • Will it look like this on my wall?

    Not exactly. Screens vary, and paint shifts with the light in the room. Before you commit, put a sample on the wall for a full day. See it in morning light, afternoon light and lamplight before the gallons are tinted.

  • Is it approved for my HOA?

    It depends on your community. Search your HOA to see its approved palette, then bring the scheme in and we will tell you how Coffeehouse Tan compares. Committees approve the color. The brand on the can is not part of the approval, so Benjamin Moore is fine as long as the color matches the approved sheet.

  • Which line for a west-facing exterior?

    Aura Exterior or Element Guard. At this depth the wall gets hot enough that the quality of the paint decides how long the color holds.

  • Can you match it in another brand?

    We tint Benjamin Moore. CW-130 is a Benjamin Moore formula, so nothing is approximated; it is mixed exactly as published. If you have a Dunn‑Edwards code, Benjamin Moore already has that formula too. For a chip or a lid with no code, bring it in. We will read it and tell you how close we can get.