Alchemy
Alchemy begins as a yellow color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#C99E53LRV
37.50
Alchemy's Color Strip
Alchemy is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Tarnished Trumpet and Different Gold. The strip spans from Convivial Yellow at the lightest end to Sconce Gold at the deepest. Browsing strip 142 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Alchemy in Rooms
Follow Alchemy from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bedroom Photo
Alchemy (6395) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under gentle morning light and low evening lamps.
A scandinavian bedroom painted in Alchemy
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1 Bathroom Photo
Alchemy (6395) moves through 1 bathroom image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Alchemy — vintage bathroom
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1 Front Door Photo
Alchemy (6395) can change noticeably under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
modern luxury front door featuring Alchemy by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Home Office Photo
Alchemy (6395) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow.
Sherwin-Williams Alchemy in a contemporary home office
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1 Dining Room Photo
Viewed across 1 dining room image in a gathering space that can move from daylight to ceremony, Alchemy (6395) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 37.5 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Alchemy paint in a mid century dining room
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1 Living Room Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Alchemy (6395) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
A hollywood regency living room painted in Alchemy
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1 House Photo
The façade’s movement through sun, shade and season can draw different notes from Alchemy (6395). The beige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Alchemy color — traditional house inspiration
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1 Mudroom Photo
1 mudroom image trace Alchemy (6395) through the daily movement of arrivals, departures and changing weather. Its place within 2017 Noir and Restless Nomad hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
Alchemy paint in a traditional mudroom
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1 Kitchen Photo
Against stone, timber, tile and metal finishes, Alchemy (6395) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 37.5 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Alchemy — contemporary kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
Its place within 2017 Noir and Restless Nomad hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let direct sun, reflected daylight and deep exterior shade and stone, timber, metal, textiles and greenery guide the final sample decision.
mediterranean patio featuring Alchemy by Sherwin-Williams
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Expert Perspectives
Articles and features from across our network of home and design sites.
Coordinating Colors
Vital Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 38), opening up a space where Alchemy encloses it.
Vintage Vessel reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
Vital Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 38), opening up a space where Alchemy encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (38 vs 32) makes Alchemy the marginally brighter of the two.
Alchemy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 38 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (38 vs 34) makes Alchemy the marginally brighter of the two.
Alchemy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (41 vs 38) makes Kingdom Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 38 vs 3, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wisp reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 38), opening up a space where Alchemy encloses it.
At LRV 38 vs 6, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 38 vs 4, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 38 vs 13, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (46 vs 38) makes Restrained Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
Independent Gold reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 38), opening up a space where Alchemy encloses it.
Darker Colors
At LRV 38 vs 18, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
Monarch Gold reflects far more light (LRV NaN vs NaN), opening up a space where Alchemy encloses it.
Alchemy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 38 vs 25, Alchemy is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This rich, saturated golden yellow glows with warmth and invokes the luminous quality of honey held up to afternoon light, bringing energy and optimism to any space. Perfect for kitchens, dining rooms, or accent walls, it pairs beautifully with warm whites and deep wood tones to create an atmosphere of refined comfort.