Anjou Pear
MQ4-41 · #CBC79E · LRV 56 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Anjou Pear56
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Anjou Pear, Really?
Anjou Pear reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr MQ4-41 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Anjou Pear
Anjou Pear is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Anjou Pear
At LRV 56, Anjou Pear is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Anjou Pear are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr MQ4-41 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | ShagreenSW 6422 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Dried Parsley522 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Paris Mint6002-3B · Valspar | 1.2 | 57.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Safari11-27 · PPG / Glidden | 2.8 | 56 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Safari Green90YY 35/304 · Glidden | 2.8 | 35 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Brambled Green224-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.1 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Anjou Pear within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #CBC79E in HSL space. Pair Anjou Pear with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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