Cabin Fever (PPG 1021-7)
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Cabin Fever (PPG 1021-7) is a very deep, warm brown from PPG Paints: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cabin Fever
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Cabin Fever by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Cabin Fever, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Tea Leaf | SW 9604 | 9 | 2.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Stone Brown | 2112-30 | 10.2 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Shadow Wood | ECC-12-3 | 9.1 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Swiss Chocolate | 3010-10 | 9 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints brown colors nearest to Cabin Fever (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Cabin Fever
Darker than Cabin Fever
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1021-7 |
| Hex | #5E5349 |
| RGB | 94, 83, 73 |
| HSL | 29°, 13%, 33% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 36.1, 2.7, 7.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cabin Fever (PPG 1021-7), published as #5E5349
#504A48
#6C5C49
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cabin Fever (PPG 1021-7)?
- Cabin Fever has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cabin Fever is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Cabin Fever in another brand?
- Shadow Wood (Behr ECC-12-3) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cabin Fever warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Cabin Fever as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.5; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.