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Toasted Wheat

Behr 280E-3

HEX
#C9AF96
RGB
201, 175, 150
LAB
73.1, 5.5, 16.3
LRV
≈ 45
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
1001 Beige
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With an LRV of about 45, Toasted Wheat is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Toasted Wheat in other brands

  • Havana Cream Pratt & Lambert 7-27 Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
  • Sandal Dunn-Edwards DEC715 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Audabon Nerolac 2760 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Tawny Tan Sherwin-Williams 7713 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Cream Benjamin Moore 1082 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
  • TVT V461 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as beige
  • Protanopia Reads as beige
  • Tritanopia Reads as pink
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Toasted Wheat warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.3 and a value of 5.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to Toasted Wheat?

Havana Cream (7-27), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Toasted Wheat?

≈ 45. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.