Accessible Beige (SW 7036) vs Accolade (SW 9516)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Accolade, LRV 62 vs 58.
- Warmer
- About the same, both greige (Lab b* 8.8 vs 8.3).
- North rooms
- Accolade keeps more brightness (L* 79.0 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 2.2, very close. At 2.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
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Accessible Beige
More comparisons with Accessible Beige
Accessible Beige (SW 7036) is slightly darker than Accolade (SW 9516) and about as warm: LRV 58 vs 62, deltaE 2.2 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Accessible Beige | Accolade | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7036 | SW 9516 | |
| Hex | #D1C7B8 | #D5CEBF | |
| RGB | 209, 199, 184 | 213, 206, 191 | |
| HSL | 36°, 21%, 77% | 41°, 21%, 79% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 58 | 62 | −4 |
| Lab L* | 80.7 | 82.9 | −2.3 |
| Lab a* | 0.9 | -0.1 | +1.1 |
| Lab b* | 8.8 | 8.3 | +0.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Sandy | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Beige | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8
#C0BDB6
#E2D1B8
Accolade (SW 9516), published as #D5CEBF
#C4C4BD
#E7D8BF
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 Accolade (SW 9516) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 4 LRV points lighter (62 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands
Closest matches to Accolade in other brands
Common questions
- Is Accessible Beige the same color as Accolade?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Accessible Beige and Accolade.
- Which is lighter, Accessible Beige or Accolade?
- Accolade, with an LRV of 62 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.