Magnolia Home Old World#7C5F47 · LRV 14
Why this color. Magnolia's iconic warm brown for libraries and built-ins.
Old World reads as a red-orange / warm — dark — high drama, needs strong daylight or warm bulbs. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-102 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Magnolia Home |
| Name | Old World |
| SKU | JG-102 |
| Hex | #7C5F47 |
| RGB | 124, 95, 71 |
| HSL | 27°, 27%, 38% |
| LRV | 14 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Brown |
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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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 brown from that brand.
Backdrop
Sherwin-Williams
Behr
Valspar
Dunn-Edwards
Benjamin Moore
PPG / Glidden
Farrow & Ball
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #7C5F47 in HSL space. Pair Old World with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.