Wheat Bread
Behr 720C-3
- HEX
- #CDC4B7
- RGB
- 205, 196, 183
- LAB
- 79.5, 0.9, 7.6
- LRV
- ≈ 56
- Family
- Light Gray, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 9002 Grey White
With an LRV of about 56, Wheat Bread reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Wheat Bread in other brands
- Seashell Jotun 2499 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
- Faux Pas Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Rolling Stone Kelly-Moore KM574-M Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
- Torere Dulux Australia NZ9F9 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
- In The Buff Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
- Great Gray Glidden PPG15-28 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Chocolate Froth Behr 720C-2 Light Gray
- Park Avenue Behr MQ2-55 Light Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as beige
- Protanopia Reads as light gray
- Tritanopia Reads as light gray
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Wheat Bread warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.6 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Jotun color to Wheat Bread?
Seashell (2499), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Wheat Bread?
≈ 56. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.