Summer Sunflower
HGSW 1162 · #F2AF46 · LRV 50 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Chilled Wine41
- 3Summer Sunflower50
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What Color Is Summer Sunflower, Really?
Summer Sunflower reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 1162 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Summer Sunflower
Summer Sunflower 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 Summer Sunflower
At LRV 50, Summer Sunflower 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 Summer Sunflower 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 1162 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 | GoldenrodSW 6677 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 50 | Color page → |
| Behr | Goldenrod FieldPMD-20 · Behr | 1.6 | 50 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sunflower Fields174 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 49 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sense of WonderV053-4 · Valspar | 2.1 | 49.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Oro De MayaPPG17-19 · PPG / Glidden | 2.9 | 50 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Oro De MayaPPG17-19 · Glidden | 3.0 | 51 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Summer Sunflower 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 #F2AF46 in HSL space. Pair Summer Sunflower with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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