Soft Herbal Sage
70YY 65/090 · #D9D5C3 · LRV 65 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Soft Herbal Sage65
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Soft Herbal Sage, Really?
Soft Herbal Sage reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 70YY 65/090 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Herbal Sage
Soft Herbal Sage is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Soft Herbal Sage
At LRV 65, Soft Herbal Sage is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Soft Herbal Sage are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Glidden 70YY 65/090 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Natural TanSW 7567 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Behr | Pale LichenPPL-79 · Behr | 1.2 | 65 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Nature's Essentials1521 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 67 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Warm Putty6006-1A · Valspar | 3.4 | 64.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Veil Of DuskPPG1029-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.3 | 68 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Existence420-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.1 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Herbal Sage within Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #D9D5C3 in HSL space. Pair Soft Herbal Sage with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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