Winter Walk
SW 9628 · #D8D5CC · LRV 66 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Winter Walk66
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Winter Walk, Really?
Winter Walk reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 9628 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Winter Walk
Winter Walk 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 Winter Walk
At LRV 66, Winter Walk 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 Winter Walk 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 9628 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 | Silver MoonUL200-9 · Behr | 0.5 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Balboa Mist1549 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sandstone Gray7004-18 · Valspar | 2.4 | 66.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Silent SmokePPG1025-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.5 | 68 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Silent SmokePPG1025-2 · Glidden | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Misted Mauve446-1DB · Dutch Boy | 4.9 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Winter Walk 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 #D8D5CC in HSL space. Pair Winter Walk with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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