Automation feedback change light color based on Roku and Sun

Configuration
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I am working on an automation and would like some input from the community. I am attempting to change light colors when watching TV in the living room. I also want to set the brightness up and down based on the sun’s elevation. Not sure if this is the best way, but wanted to ping the community for feedback:

alias: Living Room - Roku Ultra Light Change 12-31-2025
description: Change color based on Roku Ultra app selection
triggers:
  - entity_id: media_player.living_room_ultra
    attribute: source
    trigger: state
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - media_player.livingroomstereo
    attribute: source
    to:
      - CBL/SAT
    id: cable
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - media_player.livingroomstereo
    attribute: source
    to:
      - Roku
    id: roku
  - trigger: time_pattern
    minutes: "5"
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.automations_kill_switch
    state: "off"
actions:
  - target:
      entity_id:
        - light.wled_lr_left
        - light.wled_lr_right
        - light.wled_lrtop
    data:
      color_name: >
        {% set app_colors = {
          'Netflix': 'red',
          'Disney Plus': 'turquoise',
          'Prime Video': 'blue',
          'Hulu': 'green',
          'YouTube': 'red',
          'Xfinity Stream': 'orchid',
          'HBO Max': 'darkorchid',
          'Fandango at Home': 'royalblue',
          'ESPN': 'red',
          'NFL': 'green',
          'HISTORY': 'yellow',
          'Amazon Music': 'blue',
          'MLB': 'green',
          'Movies Anywhere': 'cyan',
          'Peacock TV': 'teal',
          'Pluto TV - Free Movies/Shows': 'yellow',
          'Home': 'antiquewhite'
        } %} {% set current_app = state_attr('media_player.living_room_ultra',
        'source') %} {{ app_colors.get(current_app, 'antiquewhite') }}
    action: light.turn_on
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - cable
        sequence:
          - action: light.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.wled_lr_right
                - light.wled_lr_left
                - light.wled_lrtop
            data:
              color_name: purple
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - roku
        sequence:
          - action: light.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.wled_lr_right
                - light.wled_lr_left
                - light.wled_lrtop
            data:
              color_name:
                "[object Object]": null
  - action: light.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - light.wled_lr_right
        - light.wled_lr_left
        - light.wled_lrtop
    data:
      brightness_pct: >
        {% set elevation = states('sensor.sun_solar_elevation') | float(0) %} {%
        set min_elevation = -6 %}  # Civil twilight start {% set max_elevation =
        10 %}  # Full daylight point

        {# Scales brightness between 10% (dark) and 100% (bright) #} {% set
        brightness = ((elevation - min_elevation) / (max_elevation -
        min_elevation) * 90) + 10 %}

        {# Clamps value between 10 and 100 #} {{ [10, [brightness, 100]|min]|max
        | int }}
      transition: 5
mode: single
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Only problem I appear to be having is the sun elevation trigger is not changing the brightness of my lights in this automation. Any help would be appreciated…

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# Civil twilight start is not a valid number between 0 and 100 :wink:, # Full daylight point doesn’t work either.

Edit: I’m also assuming that you actually have an entity sensor.sun_solar_elevation, HA’s sun integration would use state_attr('sun.sun', 'elevation') to get the suns elevation.

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Good catch, I will look into that. Looks like a pasting error from somewhere else.