Sherwin Williams Oat Milk SW 9501
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- Oat Milk for bedroom (1 photo)
- Oat Milk for living room (7 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Oat Milk for bathroom (2 photos)
- Sherwin Williams SW 9501 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Oat Milk reviews (9 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Oat Milk undertones?
- Is Oat Milk SW 9501 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Oat Milk
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Oat Milk SW 9501
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Oat Milk SW 9501 |
| Code: | SW 9501 |
| Name: | Oat Milk |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Emerald Designer Edition - Form + Function |
What color is Sherwin Williams Oat Milk?
Sherwin Williams Oat Milk SW 9501 is a pale, softly muted beige with a creamy oat tone and a subtle gray cast that keeps it from looking yellow. It reads like natural linen or unbleached wool on the wall—light, earthy, and gently warmed rather than stark. In bright daylight, the color can look close to a warm off-white, while north-facing rooms may bring out its quieter gray-beige side. Use it across living room or bedroom walls when you want a light backdrop with more depth than plain white. Oat Milk pairs naturally with white oak, honed stone, flax-colored linen, aged brass, and deeper accents in olive green or walnut.
Oat Milk for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing grey shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Oat Milk for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams SW 9501 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm light grey real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams SW 9501 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm grey hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Sherwin Williams Oat Milk reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this grey that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Sherwin Williams Oat Milk undertones?
Oat Milk is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
222, 218, 205
Is Sherwin Williams Oat Milk cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 46°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
SW 9501 Oat Milk HSL code: 46, 20%, 84%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Oat Milk
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Oat Milk:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
SW 9501
Oat Milk
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Oat Milk with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Sherwin Williams Sea Mariner and Starry Night.
LRV of Oat Milk
Oat Milk has an LRV of 70.33% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 70.33%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #dedacd |
| RGB Decimal | 222, 218, 205 |
| RGB Percent | 87.06%, 85.49%, 80.39% |
| HSV | Hue: 46° Saturation: 7.66% Value: 87.06% |
| HSL | hsl(46, 20, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.8 Yellow: 7.66 Key: 12.94 |
| YIQ | Y: 217.714 I: 6.561 Q: -3.199 |
| XYZ | X: 66.213 Y: 70.081 Z: 67.78 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.036 a:-0.884 b:6.88 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.036 u:3.043 v:10.422 |
| Decimal | 14605005 |
| Hunter Lab | 83.714, -5.317, 10.595 |
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