Gleeful Yellow
HGSW 2197 · #E9D6B0 · LRV 69 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honey Tea52
- 2Jackfruit62
- 3Gleeful Yellow69
- 4Butter Up74
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Gleeful Yellow, Really?
Gleeful Yellow reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2197 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Gleeful Yellow
Gleeful Yellow is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Gleeful Yellow
At LRV 69, Gleeful Yellow is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Gleeful Yellow are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2197 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Convivial YellowSW 6393 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sunning DeckPPF-13 · Behr | 0.8 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sundial1100 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 68 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Hazy Yellow3004-8B · Valspar | 2.7 | 69 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Caramelized PearsPPG1105-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Caramelized PearsPPG1105-3 · Glidden | 0.9 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Gleeful Yellow within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E9D6B0 in HSL space. Pair Gleeful Yellow with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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