Benjamin Moore Knoxville Brown#5C4435 · LRV 7
Knoxville Brown reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 1051 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
| Name | Knoxville Brown |
| SKU | 1051 |
| Hex | #5C4435 |
| RGB | 92, 68, 53 |
| HSL | 23°, 27%, 28% |
| LRV | 7 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Brown |
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all brown from that brand.
Backdrop
Valspar
Behr
Sherwin-Williams
Dunn-Edwards
PPG / Glidden
Magnolia Home
Farrow & Ball
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #5C4435 in HSL space. Pair Knoxville Brown with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.