Look for a brushed brass finish.

I would do black hardware.

I too vote for Black.

The door hardware doesn't have to match the light fixture. I'd look for a soft black color. It would relate well to the siding color and won't take away from the copper fixture.

Thanks everyone! This really helps.

How does an oil rubbed bronze sound? I has some of the darker bronze but is more black than dark bronze.

Another "vote" for flat black.

I would do Black hardware

Black or ORB. I think you need high contrast if it’s not going to match. Otherwise it looks like you tried to match but didn’t get it right.

Another vote for black - it will tie in with your black railings.

Thanks all! I went ahead an picked out a Baldwin model, the Concord. Was juggling between Oil Rubbed Bronze, Satin Black, and Venetian Bronze BUT then I learned that the base material in all of these is a brass made with Lead (they all had Prop 65 warnings.

Now I'm a very OCD person in an old house and part of the reason we are replacing all of this stuff is to get rid of a deteriorating lead paint front door. I would prefer NOT to have any chance of exposure--not matter how small--to lead in my hardware.

Does anyone make door hardware with lead free brass, or bronze (I've found one so far: Rocky Mountain Hardware)

So you have an answer in Rocky Mountain. I understand the O.C. D. thing, but honestly an adult would have to hang around the front door all day, touching and theen perhaps licking those fingers to be remotely affected. Even children have to have fairly constant exposure or ingest lead dust, or chew at sills or moldings.......or toys containing lead.

Virtually everything made on this planet, has a prop warning for California, and if everyone who ever grew up with lead in the house were compromised, I'd have to question the number of 99 year old folks living in luxury senior facilities...........some lucky residents still golfing or playing bridge. : )

Buy what makes you feel good. Just know that lead does not pass through skin. I assume you wash your hands before you eat, and in this day and age, I can't imagine who would not

Part of the reason it rubs me the wrong way (pun intended) is I'm getting the new door and sidelites because the wood originals are coated in deteriorating lead (1940s colonial so I kind of lucked out that most of the lead is on exterior facing surfaces, only some on the interior). They're beautiful with true divided lites but the door (paint grade when it was put up in the early 40s, probably pine or fir) wasn't cost effective to refinish, and once the door goes nowadays you basically have to replace the whole unit. So I was also not expecting to have to think of lead with modern hardware. * Sighs * I guess I'll just have to weigh whether the upcharge on RMH is worth anxiety relief. But your post helps calm the nerves!

I do wash my hands both because of the pandemic, and because of the OCD! so I'm set on that.