Match Warm Oats
Sherwin-Williams Warm Oats is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 63. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 64 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 8-point LRV gap (71 vs 63) makes Oyster white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 65 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Warm Oats reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.