Tawny Tan
Tawny Tan is a Orange paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Living Well and Timeless Color Wall, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#CCB299LRV
47.20
Tawny Tan's Color Strip
Tawny Tan is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Townhouse Tan and Pottery Urn. The strip spans from Alluring White at the lightest end to Brandywine at the deepest. Browsing strip 287 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Coordinating Colors
Marshmallow reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 47), opening up a space where Tawny Tan encloses it.
Trim Color
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 50 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 47 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 50 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Tawny Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 47 vs 6, Tawny Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 11, Tawny Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 7, Tawny Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 47, Starry Night is decisively the brighter choice.
Tawny Tan reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 20), opening up a space where Soulful Blue encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Urban Putty reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Downing Sand reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Beachcomber reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Tawny Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (47 vs 37) makes Tawny Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
Tawny Tan reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 22), opening up a space where Smokey Topaz encloses it.
Tawny Tan reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 34), opening up a space where Woven Wicker encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
This warm golden-orange evokes the rich patina of aged leather and sun-baked adobe, bringing understated earthiness and timeless comfort to any room. Its balanced saturation makes it equally at home as an accent wall in a den or throughout a bedroom, where it pairs beautifully with cream trim and natural wood tones.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.