Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) vs Accessible Beige (SW 7036)

Living room with walls painted Behr Even Better Beige DC-010 (simulated) — Even Better Beige Behr DC-010#D4CABA, LRV 59.8 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige SW 7036 (simulated) — Accessible Beige SW 7036#D1C7B8, LRV 58

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Even Better Beige, LRV 59.8 vs 58.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 9.2 vs 8.8).
North rooms: Even Better Beige keeps more brightness (L* 77.7 vs 76.7 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Exclusive Ivory Behr HDC-MD-11, #EEE6D8, LRV 79.7 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 0.8, indistinguishable. At 0.8, pick on price, finish or availability.

See each color

Even Better BeigeBehr DC-010LRV 59.8 (estimated), #D4CABA

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Even Better Beige vs Aged BeigeBehr DC-010 vs Behr PPU7-09deltaE 1.5, very close

Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7036LRV 58, #D1C7B8

More comparisons with Accessible Beige

Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) is slightly lighter than Accessible Beige (SW 7036) and about as warm: LRV 59.8 vs 58, deltaE 0.8 (indistinguishable).

Side by side

Measure	Even Better Beige	Accessible Beige	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	DC-010	SW 7036
Hex	#D4CABA	#D1C7B8
RGB	212, 202, 186	209, 199, 184
HSL	37°, 23%, 78%	36°, 21%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	59.8 (est.)	58	+1.8
Lab L*	81.7	80.7	+1.1
Lab a*	0.8	0.9	−0.2
Lab b*	9.2	8.8	+0.5
Undertone	Warm	Warm Sandy
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010), published as #D4CABA

North light (cool, indirect)
#C3C0B8

South light (warm, direct)
#E5D4BA

Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0BDB6

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D1B8

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1.8 LRV points lighter (59.8 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Even Better Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands

Common questions

Is Even Better Beige the same color as Accessible Beige?: They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.8. Most people cannot tell Even Better Beige and Accessible Beige apart.
Which is lighter, Even Better Beige or Accessible Beige?: Even Better Beige, with an LRV of 59.8 against 58.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Even Better Beige: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Accessible Beige: 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.