HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Butter Up HGSW6681
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Traditional Yellow (170), at ΔE 1.50 — near-exact.
Traditional Yellow is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.50 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close Traditional Yellow really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.50near-exact
- LRV
- 72.1HGTV Home is 74
- Hex
- #F6E1AA#F6DDA3 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.9 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Traditional Yellow reads slightly lighter than Butter Up in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Traditional Yellow is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Golden Honey 297ΔE 1.69 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.2 points lower.
- Suntan Yellow 2155-50ΔE 1.77 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.5 points lower.
- Hawthorne Yellow HC-4ΔE 1.94 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.7 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Butter Up HGSW6681 matched across all 13 brands →