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Rice Grain

SW 6155 · #DBD0B9 · LRV 64 · warm red-orange tone

SW 6155 · #DBD0B9 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Rice GrainSherwin-Williams · SW 6155
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Rice Grain
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 6155 · #DBD0B9
Brand · codeSherwin-WilliamsSW 6155 · all Sherwin-Williams neutrals
LRV64Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonewarm red-orange tone
FamilyNeutral
Hex · RGB · HSL#DBD0B9 · 219, 208, 185 · 41°, 32%, 79%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Light French Gray53
  2. 2Accessible Beige58
  3. 3Rice Grain64
  4. 4Pale Oak69
  5. 5Shoji White74
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Rice Grain, Really?

Rice Grain reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6155 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Rice Grain

Rice Grain 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.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Rice Grain

At LRV 64, Rice Grain 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Rice Grain 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Sherwin-Williams SW 6155 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.

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Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors

The nearest shades to Rice Grain within Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Rice Grain · 13.7 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Rice Grain · 1.5 : 1 · fails for text

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 #DBD0B9 in HSL space. Pair Rice Grain with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#DBD0B9 + #B9C4DB
TRIADIC
#DBD0B9 · #B9DBD0 · #D0B9DB
ANALOGOUS
#DBBFB9 · #DBD0B9 · #D5DBB9

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