Accessible Beige (SW 7036) vs Tony Taupe (SW 7038)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige SW 7036 (simulated) — Accessible Beige SW 7036#D1C7B8, LRV 58

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Tony Taupe SW 7038 (simulated) — Tony Taupe SW 7038#B1A290, LRV 37

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Accessible Beige, LRV 58 vs 37.
Warmer: Tony Taupe, both greige (Lab b* 11.3 vs 8.8).
North rooms: Accessible Beige keeps more brightness (L* 76.7 vs 63.3 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 10.1, clearly different. At 10.1, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7036LRV 58, #D1C7B8

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Tony TaupeSherwin-Williams, SW 7038LRV 37, #B1A290

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Accessible Beige (SW 7036) is much lighter than Tony Taupe (SW 7038) and slightly cooler: LRV 58 vs 37, deltaE 10.1 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Accessible Beige	Tony Taupe	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7036	SW 7038
Hex	#D1C7B8	#B1A290
RGB	209, 199, 184	177, 162, 144
HSL	36°, 21%, 77%	33°, 17%, 63%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	37	+21
Lab L*	80.7	67.4	+13.2
Lab a*	0.9	2.5	−1.5
Lab b*	8.8	11.3	−2.6
Undertone	Warm Sandy	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0BDB6

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D1B8

Tony Taupe (SW 7038), published as #B1A290

North light (cool, indirect)
#A1988E

South light (warm, direct)
#C1AC90

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 Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 21 LRV points lighter (58 vs 37), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 8.8 against 11.3, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Tony Taupe (SW 7038) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 11.3), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Accessible Beige the same color as Tony Taupe?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 10.1. Accessible Beige and Tony Taupe are different colors.
Which is lighter, Accessible Beige or Tony Taupe?: Accessible Beige, with an LRV of 58 against 37.

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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.