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
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
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Riviera Retreat Behr BXC-77 Beige
- Cup Of Cocoa Behr ICC-52 Beige
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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.