Vanilla Sugar
HGSW 3157 · #DFD3C3 · LRV 67 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Vanilla Sugar67
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Vanilla Sugar, Really?
Vanilla Sugar reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3157 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Vanilla Sugar
Vanilla Sugar 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 Vanilla Sugar
At LRV 67, Vanilla Sugar 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 Vanilla Sugar 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 3157 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 LinenSW 9109 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Parisian TaupePWN-42 · Behr | 0.5 | 67 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Tucson Winds1024 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Honey Locust8007-10G · Valspar | 1.4 | 67 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Wheat SheafPPG14-21 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Wheat SheafPPG14-21 · Glidden | 0.5 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Vanilla Sugar 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 #DFD3C3 in HSL space. Pair Vanilla Sugar with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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