Garden Sage (SW 7736)
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Garden Sage (SW 7736) is a deep, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 38, so it reflects about 38 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Garden Sage
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Garden Sage 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 Garden Sage, 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 | Nature's Scenery | 1524 | 35.4 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Cactus Hill | ECC-26-3 | 37.3 | 1.9 | very close |
| Valspar | Dry Earth | 6008-4A | 43 | 3.1 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Foggy Beach | 11-18 | 38 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Garden Sage (LRV 38) by LRV.
Lighter than Garden Sage
Darker than Garden Sage
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7736 |
| Hex | #B1A584 |
| RGB | 177, 165, 132 |
| HSL | 44°, 22%, 61% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 38 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 68.0, -1.0, 18.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Garden Sage (SW 7736), published as #B1A584
#A19B83
#C1AF83
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Garden Sage (SW 7736)?
- Garden Sage has an LRV of 38. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Garden Sage is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Garden Sage in another brand?
- Foggy Beach (PPG 11-18) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Garden Sage warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Garden Sage as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 18.7; 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.