Sherwin Williams

Polished Mahogany

SW 2838

Yellow Highlighter (hex #FFDE64) is a bright, medium-saturated yellow with an LRV of 70.94, giving it strong light reflectance and a noticeably luminous quality on walls. Its undertones are straightforwardly warm yellow without significant orange or green deviation, producing a direct, clear hue. The high brightness paired with moderate saturation keeps it from reading as either pastel or neon, landing instead as a concentrated sunny yellow.

It gains depth beside Hale Navy or Salamander as contrasting anchors, works in sequence with Golden Straw and Lemon Sorbet as analogous companions, and reads cleanly against a neutral like Chantilly Lace.

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Brand

Sherwin Williams

Code

SW 2838

Collection

Exterior Historic, Historic (Arts & Crafts), Historic Color Scheme 1, Color Palette 03, Holiday Retirement Scheme 3, Midwest Scheme 2

Polished Mahogany in Real Homes (5 Photos)

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Polished Mahogany in Different Light

Light temperature is measured in Kelvin: a warm 2700K bulb pulls colors toward yellow, while 5000K daylight reads cooler and truer. Check the color at the time of day you actually use the room.

Artificial Lighting

Bedroom scene to simulate Sherwin Williams Polished Mahogany under artificial light

Light Temperature: 2700K

Natural Lighting

Living room scene to simulate Sherwin Williams Polished Mahogany under natural light

Light Temperature: 4500K

Technical Specifications

Undertones

Type

Red

Strength

High

Temperature

warm

Hue Angle

9°

Red Family

Lightness

20%

Dark

Saturation

33%

Moderate

LRV

3.0

0%100%

Very Dark

Dark

Medium

Light

Very Light

White

LRV measures how much light a color reflects, from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white). Below about 50 a color needs good lighting to avoid going flat, 60 and up helps brighten a room, and most whites sit above 80.

Color Position

Saturation →

Lightness →

Color Codes

HEX

#432722

RGB Decimal

67, 39, 34

RGB Percent

26.3%, 15.3%, 13.3%

HSL

9.1, 32.7%, 19.8%

HSV

9.1, 49.3%, 26.3%

CMYK

0.0%, 41.8%, 49.3%, 73.7%

YIQ

46.8, 18.3, 4.3

XYZ

3.33, 2.76, 1.87

CIE Lab

19.06, 12.49, 8.83

CIE Luv

19.06, 16.52, 6.22

Hunter Lab

16.61, 7.82, 4.39

Decimal

4400930

Coordinating Colors and Color Palettes

Lighter Shades

Monochromatic light

Polished Mahogany Uluru Sunset Singed Red Heirloom

Complementary

Opposite on color wheel

Polished Mahogany Deep Emerald Urban Oasis Salzburg Blue

Analogous

Adjacent colors

Polished Mahogany Garden Loam Dark Burgundy Mountain Moss

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