Flax Seed
HGSW 3165 · #DABE9E · LRV 54 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Mindful Gray48
- 3Flax Seed54
- 4Agreeable Gray60
- 5Pale Oak69
What Color Is Flax Seed, Really?
Flax Seed reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3165 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Flax Seed
Flax Seed 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 Flax Seed
At LRV 54, Flax Seed 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 Flax Seed 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 HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3165 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 | Buckram BindingSW 36 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Renoir BisquePPU4-14 · Behr | 1.3 | 54 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Terra BellaAF-195 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Mish Mosh8004-16C · Valspar | 1.4 | 54 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Birch BeigePPG1094-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.5 | 56 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Desert Valley Gold30YY 52/207 · Glidden | 3.6 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Flax Seed within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams'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 #DABE9E in HSL space. Pair Flax Seed with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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