Timeless Taupe (SW 9579)
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Timeless Taupe (SW 9579) is a deep, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 24, so it reflects about 24 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Timeless Taupe
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Timeless Taupe by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, 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 Timeless Taupe, 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 | Stardust | 2108-40 | 24.1 | 1.9 | very close |
| Behr | Woodcraft | N200-5 | 23.7 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Soft Rabbit Brown | 1002-9C | 23 | 2.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Wild Wilderness | 1019-5 | 24 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Timeless Taupe (LRV 24) by LRV.
Lighter than Timeless Taupe
Darker than Timeless Taupe
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9579 |
| Hex | #908379 |
| RGB | 144, 131, 121 |
| HSL | 26°, 9%, 52% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 24 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 55.6, 3.2, 7.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Timeless Taupe (SW 9579), published as #908379
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Timeless Taupe (SW 9579)?
- Timeless Taupe has an LRV of 24. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Timeless Taupe is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Timeless Taupe in another brand?
- Wild Wilderness (PPG 1019-5) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Timeless Taupe warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Timeless Taupe as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.2; 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.