Craft Paper (SW 6125)
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Craft Paper (SW 6125) 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 Craft Paper
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Craft Paper 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 Craft Paper, 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 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | English Saddle | 270F-7 | 16.3 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Standing Still | 2008-7B | 17 | 3.3 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Slippery Stone | 1080-7 | 16 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Craft Paper (LRV 15) by LRV.
Lighter than Craft Paper
Darker than Craft Paper
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6125 |
| Hex | #8A6645 |
| RGB | 138, 102, 69 |
| HSL | 29°, 33%, 41% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 15 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 46.1, 10.2, 24.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Craft Paper (SW 6125), published as #8A6645
#7C5D44
#986F44
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Craft Paper (SW 6125)?
- Craft Paper has an LRV of 15. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Craft Paper is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Craft Paper in another brand?
- English Saddle (Behr 270F-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Craft Paper warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Craft Paper as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 24.2; 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.