HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Yellow Lichen HGSW2202
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Brazen (259), at ΔE 1.20 — near-exact.
Brazen is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.20 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 Brazen really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.20near-exact
- LRV
- 22.47HGTV Home is 23
- Hex
- #9D8246#9C7F41 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 0.5 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Brazen reads slightly lighter than Yellow Lichen 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 Brazen is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Grecian Gold 224ΔE 1.50 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted.
- Mustard Olive 2151-10ΔE 2.37 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Dragonwell CSP-930ΔE 3.09 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.1 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Yellow Lichen HGSW2202 matched across all 13 brands →