HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Cadence HGSW1181
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Confident Yellow (DEA117), at ΔE 0.41 — indistinguishable.
Confident Yellow is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.41 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 Dunn-Edwards
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dunn-Edwards 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 Confident Yellow really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.41indistinguishable
- LRV
- 62HGTV Home is 64
- Hex
- #FFCC13#FECB01 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Confident Yellow reads slightly lighter than Cadence in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Confident Yellow is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Goldenrod DEA120ΔE 0.57 · indistinguishable · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
- Lemon Punch DE5398ΔE 1.40 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Electric Glow DEA119ΔE 1.85 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Cadence HGSW1181 matched across all 13 brands →