Smoked Umber
PWN-71 · #D0C6BD · LRV 57 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Mindful Gray48
- 3Smoked Umber57
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Smoked Umber, Really?
Smoked Umber reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr PWN-71 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Smoked Umber
Smoked Umber 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Smoked Umber
At LRV 57, Smoked Umber is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Smoked Umber 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 PWN-71 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 | AngoraSW 6036 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | London Fog1541 · Benjamin Moore | 2.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sand Storm2004-10B · Valspar | 2.5 | 57.7 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | IntuitivePPG1022-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | IntuitivePPG1022-2 · Glidden | 0.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Silvered447-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.9 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Smoked Umber 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 #D0C6BD in HSL space. Pair Smoked Umber with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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