Sour Apple
JG-50 · #C3C198 · LRV 52 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Sage Green22
- 2Evergreen Fog30
- 3Sour Apple52
- 4Soft Fern57
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Sour Apple, Really?
Sour Apple reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Magnolia Home JG-50 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sour Apple
Sour Apple 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Sour Apple
At LRV 52, Sour Apple 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 Sour Apple 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-50 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 | LemongrassSW 7732 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.9 | 51 | Color page → |
| Behr | Morning TeaM330-4 · Behr | 4.3 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | GrasshopperAF-415 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 53 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Parlour Sage6006-5B · Valspar | 2.9 | 53.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Northern LandscapePPG1113-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 53 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cyprus Grass50YY 49/191 · Glidden | 4.7 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar Magnolia Home Colors
The nearest shades to Sour Apple 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 #C3C198 in HSL space. Pair Sour Apple with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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