Toasted Oat
HGSW 3144 · #A78C71 · LRV 28 — warm red-orange tone, mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light.
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What Color Is Toasted Oat, Really?
Toasted Oat reads as a warm red-orange tone — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3144 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Toasted Oat
Toasted Oat is versatile enough for full rooms but has enough depth to anchor a space, so it suits living rooms, bedrooms and cabinetry alike. Browns ground a room and pair naturally with leather, wood and warm metals.
How Lighting Changes Toasted Oat
Toasted Oat sits in the mid-range at LRV 28, so it shifts visibly through the day — lighter and more open in morning light, deeper and moodier after dark. 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. South-facing rooms will pull it lighter and warmer, while north light cools it down.
Most complaints about Toasted Oat 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 3144 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 | Double LatteSW 9108 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 28 | Color page → |
| Behr | Rodeo TanN240-5 · Behr | 1.9 | 28 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Clay1034 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 28 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cobbler ShopP052 · Valspar | 1.4 | 28.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ConfidencePPG1078-5 · PPG / Glidden | 1.7 | 28 | Color page → |
| Glidden | ConfidencePPG1078-5 · Glidden | 1.7 | 28 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Toasted Oat 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 #A78C71 in HSL space. Pair Toasted Oat with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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