Soft Savanna vs Favorite Tan
Soft Savanna (Jotun) and Favorite Tan (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 42 vs 44 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 1.9 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Savanna vs Favorite Tan in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Soft Savanna and Favorite Tan are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Soft Savanna vs Favorite Tan Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Savanna on one side and Favorite Tan on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Soft Savanna comparisons
See how Soft Savanna stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 42, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (42 vs 30) makes Soft Savanna the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 42, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 42 vs 4, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 42, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 21, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 42, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 25, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (42 vs 31) makes Soft Savanna the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 42 vs 7, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 24, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 42, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.