HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Rayo De Sol HGSW9020
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Imperial Yellow (314), at ΔE 1.82 — near-exact.
Imperial Yellow is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.82 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 Imperial Yellow really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.82near-exact
- LRV
- 57.89HGTV Home is 59
- Hex
- #FCC550#F4C454 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.1 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Imperial Yellow reads slightly lighter than Rayo De Sol 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 Imperial Yellow is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Luminous Days 300ΔE 2.16 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 6.6 points lower.
- Firefly 299ΔE 2.21 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.3 points lower.
- Happily Ever After 173ΔE 2.87 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.2 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Rayo De Sol HGSW9020 matched across all 13 brands →