Protégé Bronze (SW 6153)
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Protégé Bronze (SW 6153) is a very deep, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Protégé Bronze
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Protégé Bronze by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Protégé Bronze, 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 | Hope Chest | CSP-1050 | 13.1 | 3.5 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Burley Wood | S-H-700 | 10 | 1.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Dark Earth | 3011-8 | 11 | 4.0 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Pumpernickel | 15-22 | 9 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
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Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6153 |
| Hex | #66543E |
| RGB | 102, 84, 62 |
| HSL | 33°, 24%, 32% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 37.0, 4.0, 15.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Protégé Bronze (SW 6153), published as #66543E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Protégé Bronze (SW 6153)?
- Protégé Bronze has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Protégé Bronze is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Protégé Bronze in another brand?
- Burley Wood (Behr S-H-700) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.1 (very close).
- Is Protégé Bronze warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Protégé Bronze as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 15.7; 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.