Stirring Orange
SW 6889 · #F6B064 · LRV 51 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Stirring Orange51
- 4Colonial Yellow59
- 5Belvedere Cream65
What Color Is Stirring Orange, Really?
Stirring Orange reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6889 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Stirring Orange
Stirring Orange 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Stirring Orange
At LRV 51, Stirring Orange 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 Stirring Orange 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 6889 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 | Sweet HoneyPMD-74 · Behr | 2.4 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Golden Archway146 · Benjamin Moore | 1.8 | 50 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Ripe CantaloupeV012-2 · Valspar | 2.4 | 53.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | GoldfishPPG1203-6 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 49 | Color page → |
| Glidden | GoldfishPPG1203-6 · Glidden | 0.8 | 50 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Freshly Squeezed111-5DB · Dutch Boy | 0.0 | 51 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Stirring Orange 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 #F6B064 in HSL space. Pair Stirring Orange with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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