Beige
Sherwin-Williams 2859
- HEX
- #DFC8B5
- RGB
- 223, 200, 181
- LAB
- 82.0, 5.1, 12.4
- LRV
- ≈ 60
- Family
- Beige, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1015 Light Ivory
With an LRV of about 60, Beige reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Beige in other brands
- Floppy Hat KILZ LC160-02 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
- Basking Benjamin Moore 1158 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
- Sandy Pink Jotun 2504 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
- China Doll Dulux Australia S10E1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
- Onyx 75 Caparol 3D Onyx 75 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
- Hempel 50371 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Nearly Peach Sherwin-Williams 6336 Beige
- Familiar Beige Sherwin-Williams 6093 Beige
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as beige
- Protanopia Reads as beige
- Tritanopia Reads as pink
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns light orange
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Beige warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.4 and a value of 5.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest KILZ color to Beige?
Floppy Hat (LC160-02), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Beige?
≈ 60. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.