Honey-Gold
HGSW 2196 · #E1C28D · LRV 57 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Chilled Wine41
- 2Honey Tea52
- 3Honey-Gold57
- 4Jackfruit62
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Honey-Gold, Really?
Honey-Gold reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2196 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Honey-Gold
Honey-Gold 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 Honey-Gold
At LRV 57, Honey-Gold 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 Honey-Gold 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 2196 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 | SequinSW 6394 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Gold HeartedT17-02 · Behr | 1.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Dijon193 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cloudy Sunset3005-8A · Valspar | 2.6 | 56.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | LiraPPG12-06 · PPG / Glidden | 0.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | LiraPPG12-06 · Glidden | 0.3 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Honey-Gold 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 #E1C28D in HSL space. Pair Honey-Gold with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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