Match Bee's Wax
Sherwin-Williams Bee's Wax is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 57. 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.
With LRVs of 57 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Colonial Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Bee's Wax reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (57 vs 50) makes Bee's Wax the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (57 vs 49) makes Bee's Wax the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 12-point LRV gap (57 vs 45) makes Bee's Wax the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Bee's Wax reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Cinnamon Foam reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 57 vs 33, Bee's Wax is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 17.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.