Sherwin Williams Yellow Bird SW 9022

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Official page:Yellow Bird SW 9022
Code:SW 9022
Name:Yellow Bird
Brand:Sherwin Williams

What color is Sherwin Williams Yellow Bird?

Sherwin Williams Yellow Bird SW 9022 is a clear, sunlit yellow with a soft golden cast and enough creaminess to keep it from feeling sharp. Its mid-light value gives walls a cheerful presence without reading as neon or overly saturated. In bright daylight, Yellow Bird can look fresh and buttery, while lower or warmer artificial light brings out its deeper honey notes. It suits kitchens, breakfast nooks, mudrooms, and children’s spaces, especially when paired with warm white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, or muted blue-green accents. Use this shade on all four walls for a bright enclosed room, or reserve it for an accent wall, painted furniture, or a front door where a concentrated dose of yellow feels most intentional.

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LRV of Yellow Bird

Yellow Bird has an LRV of 63.84% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 63.84%, 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.

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HEX#f1cd7b
RGB Decimal241, 205, 123
RGB Percent94.51%, 80.39%, 48.24%
HSVHue: 42° Saturation: 48.96% Value: 94.51%
HSLhsl(42, 81, 71)
CMYKCyan: 0.0 Magenta: 14.94 Yellow: 48.96 Key: 5.49
YIQY: 206.416 I: 47.803 Q: -17.903
XYZX: 61.684 Y: 63.797 Z: 27.798
CIE LabL:83.86 a:2.464 b:45.295
CIE LuvL:83.86 u:28.402 v:57.425
Decimal15846779
Hunter Lab79.873, -1.926, 35.276

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