Kilim Beige (SW 6106) vs Softer Tan (SW 6141)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Kilim Beige SW 6106 (simulated) — Kilim Beige SW 6106#D7C5AE, LRV 57

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Softer Tan SW 6141 (simulated) — Softer Tan SW 6141#DACAB2, LRV 60

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Softer Tan, LRV 60 vs 57.
Warmer: About the same, both yellow (Lab b* 13.8 vs 14.0).
North rooms: Softer Tan keeps more brightness (L* 78.0 vs 76.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Panda White SW 6147, #EAE2D4, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.6, very close. At 1.6, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Kilim BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 6106LRV 57, #D7C5AE

More comparisons with Kilim Beige

Softer TanSherwin-Williams, SW 6141LRV 60, #DACAB2

Kilim Beige (SW 6106) is slightly darker than Softer Tan (SW 6141) and about as warm: LRV 57 vs 60, deltaE 1.6 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Kilim Beige	Softer Tan	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6106	SW 6141
Hex	#D7C5AE	#DACAB2
RGB	215, 197, 174	218, 202, 178
HSL	34°, 34%, 76%	36°, 35%, 78%
LRV (light reflectance value)	57	60	−3
Lab L*	80.4	82.0	−1.6
Lab a*	2.6	1.7	+0.9
Lab b*	13.8	14.0	−0.2
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Kilim Beige (SW 6106), published as #D7C5AE

North light (cool, indirect)
#C7BBAC

South light (warm, direct)
#E8CFAE

Softer Tan (SW 6141), published as #DACAB2

North light (cool, indirect)
#C9C0B0

South light (warm, direct)
#EBD4B2

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 Softer Tan (SW 6141) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (60 vs 57), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Kilim Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Softer Tan in other brands

Common questions

Is Kilim Beige the same color as Softer Tan?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.6. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Kilim Beige and Softer Tan.
Which is lighter, Kilim Beige or Softer Tan?: Softer Tan, with an LRV of 60 against 57.

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

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.