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About How Now
How Now is a cozy, medium brown with warm yellow-red undertones. This warm shade has an LRV of 18 and absorbs most light, making it ideal for creating intimate, cozy atmospheres or as an accent.
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Color Specifications
- Name
- How Now
- Brand
- Dulux Australia
- Code
- S09E7
- Hex
- #885F50
- RGB
- 136, 95, 80
- HSL
- 16, 26%, 42%
- CMYK
- 0, 30, 41, 47Approximate — screen to print
- Lab
- 44.2, 14.7, 15.3
- CSS
- --dulux-australia-how-now
- LRV
- 18 (Medium)
- Undertone
- Warm Yellow-Red
- Temperature
- warm
- Family
- brown
- Interior
- Yes
- Exterior
- Yes
- Finishes
- flatlow-sheensemi-gloss
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Ranked by Delta E 2000. Under 1.0 looks the same on the wall.
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