High Tea (SW 6159)
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High Tea (SW 6159) is a very deep, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 17, so it reflects about 17 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with High Tea
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for High Tea by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, 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 High Tea, 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 | Buckhorn | 987 | 18.3 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Butternut Wood | 710D-6 | 16.5 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Twilight Jungle | 3007-9A | 15 | 1.6 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sleeping Giant | 1025-6 | 16 | 3.1 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to High Tea (LRV 17) by LRV.
Lighter than High Tea
Darker than High Tea
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6159 |
| Hex | #7E6F59 |
| RGB | 126, 111, 89 |
| HSL | 36°, 17%, 42% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 17 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 47.7, 2.2, 14.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
High Tea (SW 6159), published as #7E6F59
#706658
#8D7858
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of High Tea (SW 6159)?
- High Tea has an LRV of 17. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so High Tea is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to High Tea in another brand?
- Butternut Wood (Behr 710D-6) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is High Tea warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists High Tea as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.4; 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.