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MAGNOLIA HOME · JG-38

Magnolia Home Ambient Light#ECE1BC · LRV 75

Ambient Light reads as a yellow / warm — very light — near-white, broadens small spaces. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-38 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME AMBIENT LIGHT
RGB 236, 225, 188 LRV 75

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name Ambient Light
SKU JG-38
Hex #ECE1BC
RGB 236, 225, 188
HSL 46°, 56%, 83%
LRV 75
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Yellow

About Magnolia Home Ambient Light

Ambient Light is very light — LRV 75, close to white. It opens up small or dim rooms and keeps walls feeling airy. Its yellow 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. In north light it can read slightly cooler; a warm white trim alongside keeps it from going clinical.

Ambient Light shines on ceilings, trim and in small or low-light rooms where you need to stretch the light — and as a calm whole-home backdrop. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Egg Noodle
SKU 0867 · #F1E3BD · LRV 77
ΔE 1.29 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all yellow from that brand.

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.99
All yellow at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 71
#EADFB7
Pale Hound
ΔE 0.99 · LRV 74
NO. 2012
#F1E6C8
House White
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 79
NO. 67
#EFDBB3
Farrow's Cream
ΔE 3.55 · LRV 72
NO. 1
#E8DEC9
Lime White
ΔE 5.18 · LRV 74
NO. 2004
#E8E0D1
Slipper Satin
ΔE 7.3 · LRV 75

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.12
All yellow at Benjamin Moore →
261
#ECE3C1
Norfolk Cream
ΔE 1.12 · LRV
CSP-995
#E9E0C0
Butter Cookie
ΔE 1.52 · LRV 72
206
#EEDFB7
Summer Harvest
ΔE 1.62 · LRV
CC-190
#EEDFB7
Summer Harvest
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 71
380
#E6E0B9
Stanhope Yellow
ΔE 2.23 · LRV

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.91
All yellow at PPG / Glidden →
1109-1
#EDE5BC
Slices Of Happy
ΔE 1.91 · LRV 78
12-10
#F0DEBB
Millet
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 74
1091-3
#F0DDB8
Limitless
ΔE 3.3 · LRV 74
1208-3
#F3DFB6
Belgian Waffle
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 75
12-02
#F0DDBB
Cordon Bleu
ΔE 3.76 · LRV 74

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.01
All yellow at Behr →
PPU9-13
#EDE4B9
Yellow Wax Pepper
ΔE 2.01 · LRV 77
330E-2
#EEE2C3
Cornerstone
ΔE 2.04 · LRV 77
1822
#ECE2C5
Navajo White 1822
ΔE 2.4 · LRV 76
HDC-NT-17
#EDE0C3
New Cream
ΔE 2.89 · LRV 75
PPU6-12
#F2DFB7
Calla
ΔE 3.03 · LRV 75

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.39
All yellow at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6679
#F4E3BC
Full Moon
ΔE 2.39 · LRV 78
SW 6399
#E9E0C5
Chamomile
ΔE 2.99 · LRV 75
SW 6392
#EDE0C5
Vital Yellow
ΔE 3.56 · LRV 75
SW 7683
#F1DFC1
Buff
ΔE 4.29 · LRV 75
SW 6379
#F5DEBB
Jersey Cream
ΔE 5.14 · LRV 75

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.4
All yellow at Valspar →
V055-1
#EFDEB8
Subtle Glow
ΔE 2.4 · LRV 74.3
6007-5A
#E7E1C2
Green Highland
ΔE 2.41 · LRV 74.7
3007-6B
#F4DFB8
Homey Cream
ΔE 3.84 · LRV 75.5
V058-1
#E3E2C1
Ethereal One
ΔE 4.04 · LRV 74.7
V093-1
#F1DCB9
Filtered Light
ΔE 4.4 · LRV 73.5

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.98
All yellow at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6184
#ECE0C4
Sailcloth
ΔE 2.98 · LRV 75
DEC742
#F2DEBC
Cameo
ΔE 4.14 · LRV 75
DE6177
#EFE0C6
Thatched Roof
ΔE 4.49 · LRV 76
DEC723
#F3DEBC
Champagne
ΔE 4.54 · LRV 75
DE6149
#F2E0C5
Cream Washed
ΔE 5.2 · LRV 76

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.1
All yellow at Backdrop →
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 73
BD-DS
#F2EAD2
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
ΔE 4.49 · LRV 84
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 7.55 · LRV 65
BD-TR
#F4F2E7
Tabula Rasa
ΔE 9.64 · LRV 92
BD-JA
#EFEDE3
Jane
ΔE 9.65 · LRV 86

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.4
All yellow at Clare →
PNT100-MD-22
#EED6A5
Lemonade
ΔE 5.4 · LRV 69
PNT100-LT-68
#DFDDCB
Greenish
ΔE 6.59 · LRV 72
PNT100-LT-62
#F1E6D4
Like Buttah
ΔE 6.68 · LRV 80
PNT100-LT-19
#E1DDCF
No Filter
ΔE 7.65 · LRV 72
PNT100-LT-20
#E4D6C7
Neutral Territory
ΔE 8.79 · LRV 69

Similar Magnolia Home colors

closest in the Magnolia Home deck

The nearest shades to Ambient Light within Magnolia Home's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

JG-17
Soft Landing
LRV 75
JG-153
Castle Cream
LRV 74
JG-34
Dutch Tulip
LRV 73
JG-167
Morning Snow
LRV 70
JG-103
Blanched
LRV 76
JG-16
Carter Crème
LRV 80

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #ECE1BC in HSL space. Pair Ambient Light with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#ECE1BC + #BCC7EC
TRIADIC
#ECE1BC · #BCECE1 · #E1BCEC
ANALOGOUS
#ECC9BC · #ECE1BC · #DFECBC

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.31:1 fail
Sample text on black
16.06:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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