Creamy (SW 7012) vs Aged White (SW 9180)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Creamy, LRV 81 vs 74.
- Warmer
- Aged White, both warm white (Lab b* 9.6 vs 7.2).
- North rooms
- Creamy keeps more brightness (L* 88.3 vs 84.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Ivory Lace SW 7013, #ECE5D8, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.8, noticeably different. At 2.8, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Creamy (SW 7012) is lighter than Aged White (SW 9180) and slightly cooler: LRV 81 vs 74, deltaE 2.8 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Creamy | Aged White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7012 | SW 9180 | |
| Hex | #EFE8DB | #E8DECD | |
| RGB | 239, 232, 219 | 232, 222, 205 | |
| HSL | 39°, 38%, 90% | 38°, 37%, 86% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81 | 74 | +7 |
| Lab L* | 92.2 | 88.8 | +3.4 |
| Lab a* | 0.2 | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| Lab b* | 7.2 | 9.6 | −2.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB
#DDDED9
#FFF2DB
Aged White (SW 9180), published as #E8DECD
#D7D4CB
#FAE8CD
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 Creamy (SW 7012) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (81 vs 74), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Creamy (SW 7012) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 7.2 against 9.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Aged White (SW 9180) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 9.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Creamy in other brands
Closest matches to Aged White in other brands
Common questions
- Is Creamy the same color as Aged White?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.8. Most people can see the difference between Creamy and Aged White side by side.
- Which is lighter, Creamy or Aged White?
- Creamy, with an LRV of 81 against 74.
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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.