Quilt Gold (SW 6696)
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Quilt Gold (SW 6696) is a medium, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 58, so it reflects about 58 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Quilt Gold
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Quilt Gold 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 Quilt Gold, 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 | Firefly | 299 | 54.7 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Golden Chalice | 360D-5 | 55.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Sweet Lemon | 3006-3B | 61 | 2.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sol De Yucatan | 17-18 | 62 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Quilt Gold (LRV 58) by LRV.
Lighter than Quilt Gold
Darker than Quilt Gold
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6696 |
| Hex | #EAC365 |
| RGB | 234, 195, 101 |
| HSL | 42°, 76%, 66% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 58 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 80.4, 3.0, 51.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Quilt Gold (SW 6696), published as #EAC365
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Quilt Gold (SW 6696)?
- Quilt Gold has an LRV of 58. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Quilt Gold is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Quilt Gold in another brand?
- Firefly (BM 299) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Quilt Gold warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Quilt Gold as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 51.7; 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.