Caen Stone (SW 0028)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Caen Stone (SW 0028) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 66, so it reflects about 66 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Caen Stone
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Caen Stone by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Caen Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Wellesley Buff | 107 | 67 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Shortbread Cookie | BXC-64 | 64.8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Bread Basket | 3002-8B | 67 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Pumpkin Cream | 1080-2 | 61 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Caen Stone (LRV 66) by LRV.
Lighter than Caen Stone
Darker than Caen Stone
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 0028 |
| Hex | #ECD0B1 |
| RGB | 236, 208, 177 |
| HSL | 32°, 61%, 81% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 66 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.1, 5.1, 19.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Caen Stone (SW 0028), published as #ECD0B1
#DCC6AF
#FDDAB1
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Sherwin-Williams
More from Sherwin-Williams
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Caen Stone (SW 0028)?
- Caen Stone has an LRV of 66. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Caen Stone is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Caen Stone in another brand?
- Shortbread Cookie (Behr BXC-64) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Caen Stone warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Caen Stone as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 19.0; 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.