HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Yellow Lichen HGSW2202
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Golden Harmony (DE6168), at ΔE 1.36 — near-exact.
Golden Harmony is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.36 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 Golden Harmony really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.36near-exact
- LRV
- 22HGTV Home is 23
- Hex
- #9F8046#9C7F41 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Golden Harmony 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 Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Golden Harmony is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Arrow Rock DE5440ΔE 2.14 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated.
- Heart of Gold DET656ΔE 2.63 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Bronzed Brass DE6161ΔE 3.25 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Yellow Lichen HGSW2202 matched across all 13 brands →