Accessible Beige (SW 7036) vs Sandbar (SW 7547)

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 Sandbar SW 7547 (simulated) — Sandbar SW 7547#CBBFAD, LRV 53

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Accessible Beige, LRV 58 vs 53.
Warmer: Sandbar, both greige (Lab b* 10.6 vs 8.8).
North rooms: Accessible Beige keeps more brightness (L* 76.7 vs 73.8 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 2.4, noticeably different. At 2.4, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

More comparisons with Accessible Beige

SandbarSherwin-Williams, SW 7547LRV 53, #CBBFAD

Accessible Beige (SW 7036) is lighter than Sandbar (SW 7547) and slightly cooler: LRV 58 vs 53, deltaE 2.4 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Accessible Beige	Sandbar	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7036	SW 7547
Hex	#D1C7B8	#CBBFAD
RGB	209, 199, 184	203, 191, 173
HSL	36°, 21%, 77%	36°, 22%, 74%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	53	+5
Lab L*	80.7	77.9	+2.8
Lab a*	0.9	1.2	−0.3
Lab b*	8.8	10.6	−1.8
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

Sandbar (SW 7547), published as #CBBFAD

North light (cool, indirect)
#BAB5AB

South light (warm, direct)
#DCC9AD

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 5 LRV points lighter (58 vs 53), 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 10.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Sandbar (SW 7547) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 10.6), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Sandbar in other brands

Common questions

Is Accessible Beige the same color as Sandbar?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.4. Most people can see the difference between Accessible Beige and Sandbar side by side.
Which is lighter, Accessible Beige or Sandbar?: Accessible Beige, with an LRV of 58 against 53.

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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.