Celery
SW 6421 · #E0DDBD · LRV 71 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Celery71
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Celery, Really?
Celery reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6421 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Celery
Celery 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 Celery
At LRV 71, Celery 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 Celery 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 6421 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 | Wild Honey760C-3 · Behr | 1.2 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Almond Bisque269 · Benjamin Moore | 3.9 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Panacea6002-3A · Valspar | 1.9 | 71.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Beach GrassPPG1119-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.6 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sunlit Meadow60YY 69/153 · Glidden | 2.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Grass Cloth224-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.0 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Celery 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 #E0DDBD in HSL space. Pair Celery with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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