Home and Hearth
8003-12B · #EDD7C9 · LRV 71 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Home and Hearth71
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Home and Hearth, Really?
Home and Hearth reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8003-12B behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Home and Hearth
Home and Hearth 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 Home and Hearth
At LRV 71, Home and Hearth is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Home and Hearth 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 Valspar 8003-12B 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 | Fragile BeautySW 7553 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.5 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Nutmeg FrostS210-1 · Behr | 1.6 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Love Always896 · Benjamin Moore | 1.7 | 70 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ShorelandPPG1082-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 71 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Blush BeigePPG1070-2 · Glidden | 0.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pink Playground206-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.2 | 69 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Home and Hearth within Valspar'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 #EDD7C9 in HSL space. Pair Home and Hearth with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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