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Magnolia Home Gold Moss#C2BFA2 · LRV 51

Gold Moss reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-48 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME GOLD MOSS
RGB 194, 191, 162 LRV 51

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name Gold Moss
SKU JG-48
Hex #C2BFA2
RGB 194, 191, 162
HSL 54°, 21%, 70%
LRV 51
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About Magnolia Home 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.

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.

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
Courtyard
SKU 0344 · #C8BDA4 · LRV 51
ΔE 4.31 (noticeable)
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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 neutral from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.71
All neutral at Behr →
BNC-03
#C1BE9F
Essential Brown
ΔE 0.71 · LRV 51
PPU9-19
#C6C1AC
Organic Field
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 53
PPU8-09
#C7BB99
Tea Bag
ΔE 4.01 · LRV 50
PPU8-9
#C7BB99
Tea Bag
ΔE 4.01 · LRV 50
PPU8-18
#C4BCA7
Celery Powder
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 50

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.74
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
11-22
#C5C1A3
Northern Landscape
ΔE 0.74 · LRV 53
1113-3
#C5C1A3
Northern Landscape
ΔE 0.74 · LRV 53
1112-4
#C6BB9C
Beach Dune
ΔE 3.59 · LRV 50
14-26
#C8C0AA
Hideaway
ΔE 3.83 · LRV 53
1102-3
#C4BAA1
Dancing Dolphin
ΔE 3.94 · LRV 49

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.75
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
CSP-820
#C2BE9F
Lichen Stone
ΔE 0.75 · LRV
CW-30
#C5BCA2
Market Square Shell
ΔE 3.2 · LRV 50
CSP-1035
#CAC0A6
Make Believe
ΔE 3.7 · LRV
480
#B9C2A2
Lily Pad
ΔE 4.95 · LRV 51
CW-145
#C8BCA7
Brick House Tan
ΔE 5.82 · LRV

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.39
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC775
#C7C4A5
Sea Glass
ΔE 1.39 · LRV 54
DE5535
#BCC09E
Light Pine
ΔE 3.38 · LRV 51
DE6234
#C5C0AC
Serene Thought
ΔE 3.52 · LRV 53
DE6172
#CEBE9F
Bungalow Taupe
ΔE 5.77 · LRV 52
DE6129
#CDB9A2
Rustic Taupe
ΔE 9.04 · LRV 50

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.32
All neutral at Valspar →
6006-3C
#C7BF9E
Bayou Shade
ΔE 2.32 · LRV 52
8003-30C
#BBBCA4
Sweet Clover
ΔE 2.42 · LRV 49
8003-27C
#C4BCA0
Good to Grow
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 50
V095-3
#C4BA97
Botanical Beauty
ΔE 3.43 · LRV 49.1
8004-22C
#CDC09F
Earth Friendly
ΔE 4.39 · LRV 53

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.77
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7747
#BDC0A0
Recycled Glass
ΔE 2.77 · LRV 51
SW 6163
#C1BCA7
Grassland
ΔE 3.14 · LRV 50
SW 6177
#BBBCA7
Softened Green
ΔE 3.14 · LRV 49
SW 7732
#C8BD98
Lemongrass
ΔE 3.82 · LRV 51
SW 6149
#C8BBA3
Relaxed Khaki
ΔE 5.5 · LRV 50

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.91
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 32
#C4C6A5
Cooking Apple Green
ΔE 2.91 · LRV 55
NO. 234
#BABBA5
Vert de Terre
ΔE 2.97 · LRV 49
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 5.25 · LRV 53
NO. 283
#C9BEAB
Drop Cloth
ΔE 6.02 · LRV 52
NO. 211
#CEC1AD
Stony Ground
ΔE 6.69 · LRV 54

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.67
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-MD-48
#B5B9A6
Money Moves
ΔE 4.67 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 5.28 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-49
#ABBD9F
Avocado Toast
ΔE 8.1 · LRV 48
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 10.35 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 11.34 · LRV 49

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.84
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 6.84 · LRV 65
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 12.6 · LRV 60
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 14.94 · LRV 60
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 16.31 · LRV 41
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 18.84 · LRV 53

Similar Magnolia Home colors

closest in the Magnolia Home deck

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.

JG-50
Sour Apple
LRV 52
JG-56
Clean Lines
LRV 53
JG-109
Solid Wood
LRV 50
JG-06
Americana Egg
LRV 51
JG-133
Cinnamon Sugar
LRV 51
JG-44
Summer Pear
LRV 47

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.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C2BFA2 + #A2A5C2
TRIADIC
#C2BFA2 · #A2C2BF · #BFA2C2
ANALOGOUS
#C2AFA2 · #C2BFA2 · #B5C2A2

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.86:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.27:1 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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