Abbey Brown
There is more to Benjamin Moore Abbey Brown (1225) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its LRV of 12.3 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#825A49LRV
12.30
Coordinating Colors
With LRVs of 15 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Putnam Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Decorator's White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 12, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 12), opening up a space where Abbey Brown encloses it.
Providence Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 12, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Blue Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
Mountain Retreat reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wooded Vista reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Drenched Sienna reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Birchwood reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (12 vs 9) makes Abbey Brown the marginally brighter of the two.
Abbey Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Abbey Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Notes of orange and brown enliven this earthy shade.