HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Restrained Gold HGSW6129
The closest Valspar colour is Young at Heart (3003-8A), at ΔE 1.31 — near-exact.
Young at Heart is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.31 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 Valspar
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Valspar 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 Young at Heart really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.31near-exact
- LRV
- 46.72HGTV Home is 47
- Hex
- #D6B080#D2B084 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Young at Heart reads slightly lighter than Restrained Gold in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Young at Heart is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Castell Harlech 8003-21DΔE 1.92 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Jacob's Ladder 8003-20DΔE 2.16 · very close · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 4.0 points higher.
- Hazelnut Parfait M120ΔE 2.16 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.4 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Restrained Gold HGSW6129 matched across all 13 brands →