Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) vs Creamy (SW 7012)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 81.9 vs 81.
- Warmer
- Creamy, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 5.6).
- North rooms
- Swiss Coffee: keeps more brightness (L* 89.4 vs 88.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 4.5).
- Trim that works
- Seapearl BM 961, #E7E4D9, LRV 76.4: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.4, noticeably different. At 2.4, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) is about as light as Creamy (SW 7012) and slightly cooler: LRV 81.9 vs 81, deltaE 2.4 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Swiss Coffee | Creamy | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | OC-45 | SW 7012 | |
| Hex | #EEECE1 | #EFE8DB | |
| RGB | 238, 236, 225 | 239, 232, 219 | |
| HSL | 51°, 28%, 91% | 39°, 38%, 90% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81.9 | 81 | +0.9 |
| Lab L* | 93.3 | 92.2 | +1.1 |
| Lab a* | -1.2 | 0.2 | −1.4 |
| Lab b* | 5.6 | 7.2 | −1.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Yellow | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | White | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45), published as #EEECE1
#DCE2DF
#FFF6E1
Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB
#DDDED9
#FFF2DB
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 0.9 LRV points lighter (81.9 vs 81), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.6 against 7.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Creamy (SW 7012) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.2), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands
Closest matches to Creamy in other brands
Common questions
- Is Swiss Coffee the same color as Creamy?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.4. Most people can see the difference between Swiss Coffee and Creamy side by side.
- Which is lighter, Swiss Coffee or Creamy?
- Swiss Coffee, with an LRV of 81.9 against 81.
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Sources: Swiss Coffee: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Creamy: 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.