Tarnished Trumpet (SW 9026)
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Tarnished Trumpet (SW 9026) is a medium, warm yellow from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 47, so it reflects about 47 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tarnished Trumpet
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Tarnished Trumpet 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 Tarnished Trumpet, 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 | Hathaway Gold | 194 | 43.7 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Egyptian Temple | UL180-22 | 47.9 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Ambitious | 3005-5C | 47 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Drops Of Honey | 1090-4 | 46 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams yellow colors nearest to Tarnished Trumpet (LRV 47) by LRV.
Lighter than Tarnished Trumpet
Darker than Tarnished Trumpet
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9026 |
| Hex | #D5B176 |
| RGB | 213, 177, 118 |
| HSL | 37°, 53%, 65% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 47 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 74.1, 5.3, 35.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tarnished Trumpet (SW 9026), published as #D5B176
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#E5BB75
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tarnished Trumpet (SW 9026)?
- Tarnished Trumpet has an LRV of 47. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tarnished Trumpet is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Tarnished Trumpet in another brand?
- Egyptian Temple (Behr UL180-22) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Tarnished Trumpet warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Tarnished Trumpet as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 35.0; 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.