Latte (SW 6108) vs Double Latte (SW 9108)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Latte SW 6108 (simulated) — Latte SW 6108#BAA185, LRV 38

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Double Latte SW 9108 (simulated) — Double Latte SW 9108#A78C71, LRV 28

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Latte, LRV 38 vs 28.
Warmer: About the same, both yellow (Lab b* 18.0 vs 18.2).
North rooms: Latte keeps more brightness (L* 63.6 vs 56.2 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 6.6, clearly different. At 6.6, treat them as different colors.

See each color

LatteSherwin-Williams, SW 6108LRV 38, #BAA185

Double LatteSherwin-Williams, SW 9108LRV 28, #A78C71

Latte (SW 6108) is lighter than Double Latte (SW 9108) and about as warm: LRV 38 vs 28, deltaE 6.6 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Latte	Double Latte	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6108	SW 9108
Hex	#BAA185	#A78C71
RGB	186, 161, 133	167, 140, 113
HSL	32°, 28%, 63%	30°, 23%, 55%
LRV (light reflectance value)	38	28	+10
Lab L*	67.7	60.0	+7.7
Lab a*	4.9	6.1	−1.2
Lab b*	18.0	18.2	−0.3
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Warm Yellow-Red
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Latte (SW 6108), published as #BAA185

North light (cool, indirect)
#AA9784

South light (warm, direct)
#CAAB84

Double Latte (SW 9108), published as #A78C71

North light (cool, indirect)
#988370

South light (warm, direct)
#B79670

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 Latte (SW 6108) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (38 vs 28), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Latte in other brands

Closest matches to Double Latte in other brands

Common questions

Is Latte the same color as Double Latte?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.6. Latte and Double Latte are different colors.
Which is lighter, Latte or Double Latte?: Latte, with an LRV of 38 against 28.

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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: 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.