Crescent Cream (SW 7721)
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Crescent Cream (SW 7721) is a light, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 67, so it reflects about 67 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Crescent Cream
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Crescent Cream 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 Crescent 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 | Wellesley Buff | 107 | 67 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Chai | S270-2 | 65.3 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Bread Basket | 3002-8B | 67 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Pumpkin Cream | 1080-2 | 61 | 2.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Crescent Cream (LRV 67) by LRV.
Lighter than Crescent Cream
Darker than Crescent Cream
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7721 |
| Hex | #EDD1B1 |
| RGB | 237, 209, 177 |
| HSL | 32°, 63%, 81% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 67 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.4, 5.0, 19.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Crescent Cream (SW 7721), published as #EDD1B1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Crescent Cream (SW 7721)?
- Crescent Cream has an LRV of 67. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Crescent Cream is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Crescent Cream in another brand?
- Chai (Behr S270-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Crescent Cream warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Crescent Cream as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 19.5; 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.