Automation: RGB for Temp and Light Level

Configuration
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I have a sensor that tells me light level and temperature outside.
I have RGB lights indoors that I want to set based on the two sensors above.
If temp > 80, turn the light red
If temp < 80 & temp > 70, turn the light green
if temp < 70, turn the light blue.
I have created a binary_sensor for the light/dark threshold.
Here’s a sample automation.

  trigger:
    - platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.temperature
      above: 80
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.isdark
      state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: "<light setting topic>"
        payload: '{"state":"ON","color":{"r":255,"g":100,"b":100},"brightness":6,"effect":"solid"}'

I’m using 3 automations to accomplish this which works kinda, but is not ideal (eg: missing setters for exactly 80 or 70).

I want it to change based on temp, but only want it on when it’s dark outside. Thanks!

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Here’s what I came up with.

Created a template sensor to track the temperature ranges…

configuration.yaml

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      rgbtemp:
        friendly_name: RGB Temp
        value_template: >-
          {% if states('sensor.temperature')|float > 79.9 %}
            Hot
          {% elif states('sensor.temperature')|float < 70 %}
            Cold
          {% else %}
            Just Right
          {% endif %}

Then use that in the automation…

automation.yaml

- alias: Stair Pathway Lighting
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.isdark
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.rgbtemp
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.isdark
      state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: "<light setting topic>"
        payload: >-
          {% if is_state('sensor.rgbtemp', 'Hot') %}
            {"state":"ON","color":{"r":255,"g":100,"b":100},"brightness":6,"effect":"solid"}
          {% elif is_state('sensor.rgbtemp', 'Cold') %}
            {"state":"ON","color":{"r":100,"g":100,"b":255},"brightness":6,"effect":"solid"}
          {% else %}
            {"state":"ON","color":{"r":100,"g":200,"b":100},"brightness":6,"effect":"solid"}
          {% endif %}

I didn’t want to spam MQTT for every temperature change so I used 2 triggers to only send if it gets dark or the temp causes rgbtemp to change.