Warm Winter (SW 9506)
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Warm Winter (SW 9506) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 70, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Warm Winter
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Warm Winter 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 Warm Winter, 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 | White Sand | 964 | 67 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Sentimental Beige | YL-W13 | 69 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Light Raffia | 3008-10B | 70 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Navajo White | 1101-2 | 73 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Warm Winter (LRV 70) by LRV.
Lighter than Warm Winter
Darker than Warm Winter
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9506 |
| Hex | #E1D9C6 |
| RGB | 225, 217, 198 |
| HSL | 42°, 31%, 83% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.9, -0.4, 10.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Warm Winter (SW 9506), published as #E1D9C6
#D0CFC4
#F3E3C6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Warm Winter (SW 9506)?
- Warm Winter has an LRV of 70. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Warm Winter is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Warm Winter in another brand?
- Sentimental Beige (Behr YL-W13) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Warm Winter warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Warm Winter as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.3; 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.