Garden Gate (SW 6167)
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Garden Gate (SW 6167) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 10, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Garden Gate
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Garden Gate 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 Garden Gate, 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 | Aegean Olive | 1491 | 11.5 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Wild Rice | 780D-7 | 10.2 | 1.4 | very close |
| Valspar | Amazon Silt | 6010-4 | 10 | 1.8 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Walnut Grove | 1028-7 | 9 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Garden Gate (LRV 10) by LRV.
Lighter than Garden Gate
Darker than Garden Gate
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6167 |
| Hex | #5E5949 |
| RGB | 94, 89, 73 |
| HSL | 46°, 13%, 33% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 37.9, -1.0, 10.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Garden Gate (SW 6167), published as #5E5949
#505048
#6D6249
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Garden Gate (SW 6167)?
- Garden Gate has an LRV of 10. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Garden Gate is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Garden Gate in another brand?
- Aegean Olive (BM 1491) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Garden Gate warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Garden Gate as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.0; 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.