Warm Beige (SW 0035) vs Cool Beige (SW 9086)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Warm Beige, LRV 73 vs 48.
- Warmer
- Warm Beige (Lab b* 13.8 vs 9.3). Warm Beige reads yellow; Cool Beige reads greige.
- North rooms
- Warm Beige keeps more brightness (L* 84.1 vs 70.7 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Intimate White SW 6322, #F0E1D8, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 9.7, clearly different. At 9.7, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Warm Beige (SW 0035) is much lighter than Cool Beige (SW 9086) and warmer: LRV 73 vs 48, deltaE 9.7 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Warm Beige | Cool Beige | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 0035 | SW 9086 | |
| Hex | #EEDAC3 | #C6B5A7 | |
| RGB | 238, 218, 195 | 198, 181, 167 | |
| HSL | 32°, 56%, 85% | 27°, 21%, 72% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 | 48 | +25 |
| Lab L* | 88.1 | 74.7 | +13.4 |
| Lab a* | 3.2 | 3.7 | −0.5 |
| Lab b* | 13.8 | 9.3 | +4.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Beige | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Warm Beige (SW 0035), published as #EEDAC3
#DDD0C1
#FFE4C3
Cool Beige (SW 9086), published as #C6B5A7
#B6ABA5
#D7BFA7
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 Warm Beige (SW 0035) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 25 LRV points lighter (73 vs 48), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Cool Beige (SW 9086) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 9.3 against 13.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Warm Beige (SW 0035) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 13.8), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Warm Beige in other brands
Closest matches to Cool Beige in other brands
Common questions
- Is Warm Beige the same color as Cool Beige?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.7. Warm Beige and Cool Beige are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Warm Beige or Cool Beige?
- Warm Beige, with an LRV of 73 against 48.
Full pages
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.