Arrowroote (SW 9502)
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Arrowroote (SW 9502) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Arrowroote
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Arrowroote by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 Arrowroote, 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 | Fossil | AF-65 | 71.6 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Hazelnut Cream | 750C-2 | 74.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Southern Breeze | 1097-2 | 74 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Arrowroote (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than Arrowroote
Darker than Arrowroote
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9502 |
| Hex | #E4DECF |
| RGB | 228, 222, 207 |
| HSL | 43°, 28%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.6, -0.5, 8.1 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Arrowroote (SW 9502), published as #E4DECF
#D3D4CD
#F6E8CF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Arrowroote (SW 9502)?
- Arrowroote has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Arrowroote is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Arrowroote in another brand?
- Fossil (BM AF-65) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Arrowroote warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Arrowroote as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.1; 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.