Cream and Sugar (SW 9507)
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Cream and Sugar (SW 9507) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 64, so it reflects about 64 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cream and Sugar
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Cream and Sugar 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 Cream and Sugar, 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 | Bare Essence | CSP-275 | 62.4 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Studio Clay | MQ2-27 | 61.4 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Rattan Basket | 3007-10C | 63 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Seriously Sand | 1085-3 | 62 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Cream and Sugar (LRV 64) by LRV.
Lighter than Cream and Sugar
Darker than Cream and Sugar
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9507 |
| Hex | #DDCFB9 |
| RGB | 221, 207, 185 |
| HSL | 37°, 35%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 64 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.7, 1.3, 12.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cream and Sugar (SW 9507), published as #DDCFB9
#CCC5B7
#EED9B9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cream and Sugar (SW 9507)?
- Cream and Sugar has an LRV of 64. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cream and Sugar is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cream and Sugar in another brand?
- Bare Essence (BM CSP-275) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cream and Sugar warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Cream and Sugar as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.7; 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.