Gold Moss
JG-48 · #C2BFA2 · LRV 51 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Pashmina44
- 3Gold Moss51
- 4Agreeable Gray60
- 5Pale Oak69
What Color Is Gold Moss, Really?
Gold Moss reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Magnolia Home JG-48 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Gold Moss
Gold Moss 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Gold Moss
At LRV 51, Gold Moss is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. 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. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Gold Moss 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 Magnolia Home JG-48 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 | Recycled GlassSW 7747 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 51 | Color page → |
| Behr | Essential BrownBNC-03 · Behr | 0.7 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Lichen StoneCSP-820 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Good to Grow8003-27C · Valspar | 2.4 | 50 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Northern LandscapePPG1113-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 53 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Northern LandscapePPG1113-3 · Glidden | 0.7 | 53 | Color page → |
Similar Magnolia Home Colors
The nearest shades to Gold Moss within Magnolia Home'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 #C2BFA2 in HSL space. Pair Gold Moss with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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