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It's not that simple, sadly. My house has 100+ canned recessed lights, all of which had been filled with Sylvania 50W Halogen PAR30 & PAR30LN bulbs. I have been desperately trying to find a replacement LED that matches the same warmth and color.
This bulb claims to be the exact replacement:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00467E3LA/
But yet this one and others that have similar lumens, temperature, and equivalent watts all don't even get close to the warmth that the halogens produced.
Fortunately, I found a cheap alternative:
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-424374-7-watt-Household-Dimmab...
It's the A19 40W that the article cautions against, and it looks slightly less sexy in the recessed can, but the color almost exactly matches the halogens I have (except when dimmed -- nothing can match the fireplace-like glow).
What's weird is that the lumens and temperature for that bulb aren't even close to what the halogens claim, but they look almost identical. Which has made me wonder if this switch to LED is way more complex than just those two measurements :P