Cargo Pants (SW 7738)
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Cargo Pants (SW 7738) is a medium, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 56, so it reflects about 56 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cargo Pants
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Cargo Pants 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 Cargo Pants, 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 | Grant Beige | HC-83 | 55.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Yuma Sand | HDC-NT-18 | 56.3 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Greyed | 6001-1B | 55 | 2.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Hideaway | 14-26 | 53 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Cargo Pants (LRV 56) by LRV.
Lighter than Cargo Pants
Darker than Cargo Pants
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7738 |
| Hex | #CDC4AE |
| RGB | 205, 196, 174 |
| HSL | 43°, 24%, 74% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 56 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 79.3, -0.5, 12.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cargo Pants (SW 7738), published as #CDC4AE
#BCBAAC
#DECEAE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cargo Pants (SW 7738)?
- Cargo Pants has an LRV of 56. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cargo Pants is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Cargo Pants in another brand?
- Grant Beige (BM HC-83) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cargo Pants warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Cargo Pants as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.2; 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.