Birdseye Maple
SW 2834 · #E4C495 · LRV 58 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Chilled Wine41
- 2Honey Tea52
- 3Birdseye Maple58
- 4Banana Cream71
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Birdseye Maple, Really?
Birdseye Maple reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 2834 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Birdseye Maple
Birdseye Maple 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. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Birdseye Maple
At LRV 58, Birdseye Maple 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 Birdseye Maple 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 2834 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 | Clair De Lune300E-3 · Behr | 1.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sweeney YellowCW-370 · Benjamin Moore | 1.7 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Dune ViewM156 · Valspar | 2.3 | 57.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | HayloftPPG12-18 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 58 | Color page → |
| Glidden | HaloPPG1091-4 · Glidden | 0.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Dreamy Gold213-3DB · Dutch Boy | 2.9 | 59 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Birdseye Maple 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 #E4C495 in HSL space. Pair Birdseye Maple with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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