Downing Straw
Downing Straw is a versatile Yellow from Sherwin-Williams. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to add character and warmth to any space. Below, you'll find 2 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#CAAB7D
LRV
43.16
Downing Straw in Real Rooms
Downing Straw has a medium-high LRV of 43.16 — present enough to register on the wall without making a room feel heavy. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Yellow family, the photos below show it applied in a house.
2 House Photos
When choosing Downing Straw for an exterior, you are opting for a color that respects the landscape. It feels like it grew out of the earth rather than being dropped onto it, creating a harmonious relationship between the architecture and the garden.
Horizontal siding in warm Downing Straw wraps this cottage-style exterior.
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Exterior clapboard painted in Downing Straw creates inviting curb appeal.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 63 vs 43, Stucco is decisively the brighter choice.
Downing Straw reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 9), opening up a space where Pier encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Restrained Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 44 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Safari reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 46 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (43 vs 37) makes Downing Straw the marginally brighter of the two.
Tarnished Trumpet reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Downing Straw reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 7), opening up a space where Tarragon encloses it.
Downing Straw reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 11), opening up a space where Rain Cloud encloses it.
Downing Straw reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 7), opening up a space where Sea Mariner encloses it.
Starry Night reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where Downing Straw encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 20, Downing Straw is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 28, Downing Straw is decisively the brighter choice.
Lakeside reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 72 vs 43, Bauhaus Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 67 vs 43, Steamed Chai is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 43, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (43 vs 37) makes Downing Straw the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (43 vs 34) makes Downing Straw the marginally brighter of the two.
Downing Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Downing Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Downing Straw reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 23), opening up a space where Grandiose encloses it.