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MAGNOLIA HOME · JG-027

Magnolia Home Garden Gate#A09478 · LRV 30

Why this color. Warm earth-tan featured heavily in Magnolia exterior reveals.

Garden Gate reads as a red-orange / warm — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-027 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME GARDEN GATE
RGB 160, 148, 120 LRV 30

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name Garden Gate
SKU JG-027
Hex #A09478
RGB 160, 148, 120
HSL 42°, 17%, 55%
LRV 30
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

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
Whipcord
SKU 0338 · #A09176 · LRV 29
ΔE 1.81 (near-perfect)
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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.

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.2
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
CW-35
#9E9173
Palace
ΔE 1.2 · LRV 29
CC-576
#9F917A
Nordic
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 29
1511
#9A9376
Bed
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 29
CC-632
#9A9376
Bed
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 29
HC-77
#A4937D
Alexandria
ΔE 4 · LRV 30

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.72
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6222
#9F947D
Weather Board
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 30
DE6194
#A29171
Natural Bridge
ΔE 2.39 · LRV 29
DE6243
#9C9680
Union Springs
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 30
DE6229
#9C9584
Calico Rock
ΔE 4.13 · LRV 30
DEC750
#9F9180
Bison Beige
ΔE 4.93 · LRV 29

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.82
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
11-17
#9C9273
Mossy Gold
ΔE 1.82 · LRV 29
1026-5
#A29371
Gristmill
ΔE 2.04 · LRV 30
1102-5
#9F906E
Saddle Soap
ΔE 2.4 · LRV 28
1113-5
#9C946E
Sweet Annie
ΔE 4.06 · LRV 29
14-13
#A0917E
Oyster Shell
ΔE 4.41 · LRV 29

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.14
All neutral at Valspar →
V147-4
#9B9079
Churchill Downs
ΔE 2.14 · LRV 28.2
8004-22E
#A69672
Brussels Sprouts
ΔE 2.75 · LRV 31
3007-9C
#A9967B
Wild Mushroom
ΔE 3.7 · LRV 31.7
8005-5E
#9E8F7B
Stone Terrace
ΔE 4.16 · LRV 28
V135-5
#9E8F7B
Stone Terrace
ΔE 4.16 · LRV 28.4

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.66
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7731
#A69474
San Antonio Sage
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 31
SW 2842
#A79473
Roycroft Suede
ΔE 3.09 · LRV 31
SW 9117
#A4947E
Urban Jungle
ΔE 3.6 · LRV 31
SW 2827
#A7947C
Colonial Revival Stone
ΔE 4.29 · LRV 31
SW 7535
#A18E77
Sandy Ridge
ΔE 4.77 · LRV 28

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.3
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-CT
#A89E8A
Carry the Two
ΔE 4.3 · LRV 33
BD-AN
#A89886
Anita
ΔE 5.45 · LRV 33
BD-LF
#A4AB95
Le Freak
ΔE 10.64 · LRV 35
BD-NU
#A4A89F
Nuevo
ΔE 11.12 · LRV 38
BD-PW
#7C8E97
Polly Wants
ΔE 19.36 · LRV 27

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.36
All neutral at Behr →
PPU7-23
#A09483
Rolling Pebble
ΔE 4.36 · LRV 30
N300-5
#9D946B
Hidden Treasure
ΔE 4.55 · LRV 29
PPU7-05
#A79481
Pure Earth
ΔE 5.98 · LRV 31
PPU7-5
#A79481
Pure Earth
ΔE 5.98 · LRV 31
BNC-13
#A28F7D
Cozy Cocoa
ΔE 6.41 · LRV 29

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.74
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 40
#998976
Mouse's Back
ΔE 5.74 · LRV 26
NO. 19
#A1A189
Lichen
ΔE 6.64 · LRV 35
NO. 25
#A1A093
Pigeon
ΔE 7.67 · LRV 35
NO. 243
#9F9389
Charleston Gray
ΔE 7.73 · LRV 30
NO. 79
#899081
Card Room Green
ΔE 9.85 · LRV 27

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.47
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-DP-52
#8C8479
Dirty Chai
ΔE 8.47 · LRV 23
PNT100-MD-64
#9FA47B
Extra Virgin
ΔE 9.4 · LRV 35
PNT100-MD-14
#91928C
Shade
ΔE 9.75 · LRV 28
PNT100-MD-58
#8EA992
OMGreen
ΔE 15.85 · LRV 36
PNT100-LT-32
#9C9CA7
Cosmic Vibes
ΔE 18.43 · LRV 34

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A09478 in HSL space. Pair Garden Gate with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A09478 + #7884A0
TRIADIC
#A09478 · #78A094 · #9478A0
ANALOGOUS
#A08078 · #A09478 · #98A078

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
3:1 AA Large
Sample text on black
7:1 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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