Gentle Cream (BM OC-96) vs Navajo White (SW 6126)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 71.3 vs 72.
- Warmer
- About the same, both yellow (Lab b* 13.3 vs 12.4).
- North rooms
- About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 84.5 vs 84.3 in north light).
- Trim that works
- Ivory Tower BM 2157-70, #FBF2E4, LRV 86: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.1, very close. At 1.1, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
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Navajo White
More comparisons with Navajo White
Gentle Cream (BM OC-96) is about as light as Navajo White (SW 6126) and about as warm: LRV 71.3 vs 72, deltaE 1.1 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Gentle Cream | Navajo White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | OC-96 | SW 6126 | |
| Hex | #E9DDC5 | #E9DCC6 | |
| RGB | 233, 221, 197 | 233, 220, 198 | |
| HSL | 40°, 45%, 84% | 38°, 44%, 85% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 71.3 | 72 | −0.7 |
| Lab L* | 88.5 | 88.3 | +0.2 |
| Lab a* | 0.2 | 0.9 | −0.7 |
| Lab b* | 13.3 | 12.4 | +0.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Warm Peach | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Beige | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Gentle Cream (BM OC-96), published as #E9DDC5
#D8D3C3
#FBE7C5
Navajo White (SW 6126), published as #E9DCC6
#D8D2C4
#FBE6C6
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 Navajo White (SW 6126) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.7 LRV points lighter (72 vs 71.3), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Gentle Cream in other brands
Closest matches to Navajo White in other brands
Common questions
- Is Gentle Cream the same color as Navajo White?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.1. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Gentle Cream and Navajo White.
- Which is lighter, Gentle Cream or Navajo White?
- Navajo White, with an LRV of 72 against 71.3.
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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.