White Duck (SW 7010) vs Accessible Beige (SW 7036)
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Quick decision
- Lighter
- White Duck, LRV 74 vs 58.
- Warmer
- Accessible Beige (Lab b* 8.8 vs 7.1). White Duck reads warm white; Accessible Beige reads greige.
- North rooms
- White Duck keeps more brightness (L* 85.1 vs 76.7 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 5.8, clearly different. At 5.8, treat them as different colors.
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Accessible Beige
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White Duck (SW 7010) is much lighter than Accessible Beige (SW 7036) and slightly cooler: LRV 74 vs 58, deltaE 5.8 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | White Duck | Accessible Beige | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7010 | SW 7036 | |
| Hex | #E5DFD2 | #D1C7B8 | |
| RGB | 229, 223, 210 | 209, 199, 184 | |
| HSL | 41°, 27%, 86% | 36°, 21%, 77% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 | 58 | +16 |
| Lab L* | 89.0 | 80.7 | +8.3 |
| Lab a* | -0.2 | 0.9 | −1.1 |
| Lab b* | 7.1 | 8.8 | −1.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Sandy | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Duck (SW 7010), published as #E5DFD2
#D4D5D0
#F7E9D2
Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8
#C0BDB6
#E2D1B8
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 White Duck (SW 7010) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 16 LRV points lighter (74 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick White Duck (SW 7010) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 7.1 against 8.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Accessible Beige (SW 7036) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.8), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to White Duck in other brands
Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands
Common questions
- Is White Duck the same color as Accessible Beige?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.8. White Duck and Accessible Beige are different colors.
- Which is lighter, White Duck or Accessible Beige?
- White Duck, with an LRV of 74 against 58.
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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.