Timber Beam

SW 9540 · Sherwin-Williams

Timber Beam SW 9540 as a flat swatch, not a painted room

Sherwin-Williams

Timber Beam

SW 9540

Hex code

#796040

Light reflectance value (LRV)

12.8Dark, a statement on four walls

0 black100 white

Undertone

Clear orange, a warm color

Color family: Neutral
Sold for: Interior

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Sherwin-Williams Timber Beam SW 9540 is a dark neutral paint color, a clear color rather than a neutral, leaning orange, with an LRV of 13, dark enough to be a statement on four walls.

Updated August 22, 2026

Is Timber Beam warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers

leans orange

Undertone

Clear orange

graysaturated

A clear color, not a neutral.

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