Downing Straw
Sherwin-Williams's Downing Straw is a yellow shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#CAAB7DLRV
43.16
Downing Straw in Rooms
Follow Downing Straw from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 House Photos
The 2 house images turn a yellow swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its midtone saturation keeps the color expressive without letting it dominate every surface around it.
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.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This warm golden yellow carries the honeyed richness of late-summer wheat fields, with subtle earthy undertones that ground the brightness without dimming its cheerful spirit. Perfect for kitchens, breakfast nooks, or any gathering space where you want to evoke comfort and natural warmth.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.