Shagreen
Sherwin-Williams 6422
- HEX
- #CBC99D
- RGB
- 203, 201, 157
- LAB
- 80.1, -6.4, 22.3
- LRV
- ≈ 57
- Family
- Yellow, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1000 Green Beige
With an LRV of about 57, Shagreen 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.
Shagreen in other brands
- Anjou Pear Behr MQ4-41 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
- Comfortable Lime Plascon Y6-B1-4 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
- Grasshopper Benjamin Moore AF-415 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
- Tidal Green Dulux Australia S17E3 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4
- True To You Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
- Sea Oat Pratt & Lambert 17-26 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Springtime Sherwin-Williams 6708 Light Yellow
- Baby Bok Choy Sherwin-Williams 9037 Yellow
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
- Protanopia Reads as yellow
- Tritanopia Reads as light gray
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
- Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Shagreen warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 22.3 and a value of -6.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Behr color to Shagreen?
Anjou Pear (MQ4-41), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Shagreen?
≈ 57. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.