Ancient Marble
SW 6162 · #D1CCB9 · LRV 60 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3Ancient Marble60
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Ancient Marble, Really?
Ancient Marble reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6162 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Ancient Marble
Ancient Marble 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 Ancient Marble
At LRV 60, Ancient Marble 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 Ancient Marble 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 Sherwin-Williams SW 6162 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Unmarked TrailN330-3 · Behr | 1.5 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | York GrayCW-45 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 59 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bay Sands5008-1B · Valspar | 2.0 | 59.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Skipping StonePPG1027-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.1 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Skipping StonePPG1027-2 · Glidden | 0.8 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Porcelain Slip423-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.0 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Ancient Marble within 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 #D1CCB9 in HSL space. Pair Ancient Marble with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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