Sugar Cookie
PPG1101-2 · #E5DDC8 · LRV 73 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Sugar Cookie73
- 4Shoelace78
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Sugar Cookie, Really?
Sugar Cookie reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden PPG1101-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sugar Cookie
Sugar Cookie 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 Sugar Cookie
At LRV 73, Sugar Cookie is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Sugar Cookie 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 PPG1101-2 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 | Antique WhiteSW 6119 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 72 | Color page → |
| Behr | Desert PlainECC-21-1 · Behr | 0.4 | 73 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Spring in Aspen954 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Natural SoapT559 · Valspar | 1.9 | 72.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Navajo White1101-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.0 | 73 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Antique White011W · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Sugar Cookie 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 #E5DDC8 in HSL space. Pair Sugar Cookie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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