Shoelace (Behr OR-W13) vs Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45)

Living room with walls painted Behr Shoelace OR-W13 (simulated) — Shoelace Behr OR-W13#EAE4D9, LRV 78 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee OC-45 (simulated) — Swiss Coffee BM OC-45#EEECE1, LRV 81.9 Verified 2026-10-02

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Swiss Coffee, LRV 81.9 vs 78.
Warmer: Shoelace, both warm white (Lab b* 6.1 vs 5.6).
North rooms: Swiss Coffee: keeps more brightness (L* 89.4 vs 86.8 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 4.3).
Trim that works: Palais White Behr GR-W15, #F4F0E5, LRV 87.2 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.5, noticeably different. At 2.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

ShoelaceBehr OR-W13LRV 78 (estimated), #EAE4D9

Swiss CoffeeBenjamin Moore, BM OC-45LRV 81.9, #EEECE1

More comparisons with Swiss Coffee

Shoelace (Behr OR-W13) is slightly darker than Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) and about as warm: LRV 78 vs 81.9, deltaE 2.5 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Shoelace	Swiss Coffee	Gap
Brand	Behr	Benjamin Moore
Color code	OR-W13	OC-45
Hex	#EAE4D9	#EEECE1
RGB	234, 228, 217	238, 236, 225
HSL	39°, 29%, 88%	51°, 28%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	78 (est.)	81.9	−3.9
Lab L*	90.8	93.3	−2.5
Lab a*	0.2	-1.2	+1.4
Lab b*	6.1	5.6	+0.5
Undertone	Warm	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Shoelace (Behr OR-W13), published as #EAE4D9

North light (cool, indirect)
#D8DAD7

South light (warm, direct)
#FCEED9

Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45), published as #EEECE1

North light (cool, indirect)
#DCE2DF

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6E1

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 Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3.9 LRV points lighter (81.9 vs 78), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Shoelace in other brands

Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands

Common questions

Is Shoelace the same color as Swiss Coffee?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.5. Most people can see the difference between Shoelace and Swiss Coffee side by side.
Which is lighter, Shoelace or Swiss Coffee?: Swiss Coffee, with an LRV of 81.9 against 78.

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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: Shoelace: 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; Swiss Coffee: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.