Cottage Cream (SW 7678)
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Cottage Cream (SW 7678) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cottage Cream
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Cottage Cream by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Cottage Cream, 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 | Flawless | AF-320 | 70.1 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Light Incense | UL150-7 | 73.3 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Soft Candlelight | 3005-6C | 72 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sandcastle Symphony | 12-32 | 69 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Cottage Cream (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Cottage Cream
Darker than Cottage Cream
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7678 |
| Hex | #EDDBBD |
| RGB | 237, 219, 189 |
| HSL | 37°, 57%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.1, 1.5, 17.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cottage Cream (SW 7678), published as #EDDBBD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cottage Cream (SW 7678)?
- Cottage Cream has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cottage Cream is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cottage Cream in another brand?
- Flawless (BM AF-320) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cottage Cream warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Cottage Cream as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 17.0; 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.