HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Dotty Yellow HGSW1215
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Firefly (299), at ΔE 0.90 — indistinguishable.
Firefly is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.90 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 Firefly really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.90indistinguishable
- LRV
- 54.72HGTV Home is 58
- Hex
- #EEC463#EAC365 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.3 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Firefly reads slightly lighter than Dotty Yellow 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 Firefly is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Hannah Banana CSP-955ΔE 1.25 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Showtime 293ΔE 1.68 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.5 points lower.
- Golden Groves 313ΔE 3.21 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.6 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Dotty Yellow HGSW1215 matched across all 13 brands →