Leather Bound (SW 6118)
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Leather Bound (SW 6118) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 15, so it reflects about 15 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Leather Bound
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Leather Bound by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Leather Bound, 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 | Honeycomb | 1120 | 15 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Moroccan Spice | S250-7 | 14.9 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Natural Cork | 2008-7A | 16 | 4.5 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Ginger | 1082-7 | 16 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Leather Bound (LRV 15) by LRV.
Lighter than Leather Bound
Darker than Leather Bound
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6118 |
| Hex | #8D623D |
| RGB | 141, 98, 61 |
| HSL | 28°, 40%, 40% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 15 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 45.3, 13.1, 27.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Leather Bound (SW 6118), published as #8D623D
#7F593C
#9B6B3C
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Leather Bound (SW 6118)?
- Leather Bound has an LRV of 15. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Leather Bound is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Leather Bound in another brand?
- Moroccan Spice (Behr S250-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Leather Bound warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Leather Bound as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 27.9; 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.