Toasted Pine Nut (SW 7696)
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Toasted Pine Nut (SW 7696) is a medium, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 58, so it reflects about 58 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toasted Pine Nut
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Toasted Pine Nut 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 Toasted Pine Nut, 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 | Squire Hill Buff | 1068 | 55.7 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Pita Bread | PWL-82 | 59.6 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Wheat Toast | 3002-10B | 60 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Birch Beige | 1094-3 | 56 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Toasted Pine Nut (LRV 58) by LRV.
Lighter than Toasted Pine Nut
Darker than Toasted Pine Nut
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7696 |
| Hex | #DCC6A6 |
| RGB | 220, 198, 166 |
| HSL | 36°, 44%, 76% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 58 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 80.9, 2.8, 18.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toasted Pine Nut (SW 7696), published as #DCC6A6
#CCBCA5
#EDD0A6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toasted Pine Nut (SW 7696)?
- Toasted Pine Nut has an LRV of 58. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Toasted Pine Nut is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Toasted Pine Nut in another brand?
- Squire Hill Buff (BM 1068) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Toasted Pine Nut warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Toasted Pine Nut as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 18.9; 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.