Woolen Mittens (SW 9526)
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Woolen Mittens (SW 9526) is a medium, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 46, so it reflects about 46 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Woolen Mittens
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Woolen Mittens 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 Woolen Mittens, 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 | Bennington Gray | HC-82 | 46.7 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Clay Pebble | 770D-4 | 44.9 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Epic | 6008-3C | 51 | 3.1 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Distant Valley | 11-19 | 48 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Woolen Mittens (LRV 46) by LRV.
Lighter than Woolen Mittens
Darker than Woolen Mittens
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9526 |
| Hex | #BFB397 |
| RGB | 191, 179, 151 |
| HSL | 42°, 24%, 67% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 46 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 73.3, -0.3, 15.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Woolen Mittens (SW 9526), published as #BFB397
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Woolen Mittens (SW 9526)?
- Woolen Mittens has an LRV of 46. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Woolen Mittens is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Woolen Mittens in another brand?
- Clay Pebble (Behr 770D-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Woolen Mittens warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Woolen Mittens as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 15.9; 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.