Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) vs Clove (SW 9605)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Urbane Bronze, LRV 8 vs 5.
- Warmer
- Clove, both warm charcoal (Lab b* 4.2 vs 4.1).
- North rooms
- Urbane Bronze keeps more brightness (L* 30.1 vs 22.8 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 6.2, clearly different. At 6.2, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) is slightly lighter than Clove (SW 9605) and about as warm: LRV 8 vs 5, deltaE 6.2 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Urbane Bronze | Clove | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7048 | SW 9605 | |
| Hex | #54504A | #453E39 | |
| RGB | 84, 80, 74 | 69, 62, 57 | |
| HSL | 36°, 6%, 31% | 25°, 10%, 25% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 | 5 | +3 |
| Lab L* | 34.2 | 26.8 | +7.5 |
| Lab a* | 0.4 | 2.0 | −1.6 |
| Lab b* | 4.1 | 4.2 | −0.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Bronze | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | Brown | Black |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A
#464748
#63594A
Clove (SW 9605), published as #453E39
#373638
#534639
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 Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (8 vs 5), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Closest matches to Clove in other brands
Common questions
- Is Urbane Bronze the same color as Clove?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.2. Urbane Bronze and Clove are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Urbane Bronze or Clove?
- Urbane Bronze, with an LRV of 8 against 5.
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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.