Behr Wheat Bread 720C-3

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Wheat Bread for bedroom (2 photos)
Wheat Bread for living room (6 photos)
Behr Wheat Bread for bathroom (3 photos)
Behr Wheat Bread reviews (7 photos)
What are Behr Wheat Bread undertones?
Is Wheat Bread 720C-3 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Wheat Bread
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Wheat Bread 720C-3
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Wheat Bread 720C-3
Code:	720C-3
Name:	Wheat Bread
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Wheat Bread?

Behr Wheat Bread 720C-3 is a light, muted beige-gray with a gentle warm cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overtly tan, giving walls a soft, slightly weathered neutral appearance instead. In bright daylight, Wheat Bread can look like a pale greige, while evening lighting may bring out more of its creamy beige side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without the starkness of plain white. Pair it with warm white trim, oak or walnut wood, charcoal accents, and natural linen or woven textures.

Wheat Bread for bedroom (2 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing greige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Wheat Bread for living room (6 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this greige shade can create a unique space

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Behr Wheat Bread living room paint review

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Behr 720C-3 for bathroom (3 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone greige real bathrooms.

Behr Wheat Bread boho bathroom color review

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Behr Wheat Bread boho bathroom color paint

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Behr Wheat Bread reviews (7 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this greige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Behr Wheat Bread undertones?

Wheat Bread is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#CDC4B7

RGB code:

205, 196, 183

Is Behr Wheat Bread cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 35°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

720C-3 Wheat Bread HSL code: 35, 18%, 76%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Wheat Bread

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Wheat Bread:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Wheat Bread with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 215, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.

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LRV of Wheat Bread

Wheat Bread has an LRV of 56% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 56%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#CDC4B7
RGB Decimal	205, 196, 183
RGB Percent	80.39%, 76.86%, 71.76%
HSV	Hue: 35° Saturation: 10.73% Value: 80.39%
HSL	hsl(35, 18, 76)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.39 Yellow: 10.73 Key: 19.61
YIQ	Y: 197.209 I: 9.541 Q: -2.142
XYZ	X: 53.462 Y: 55.879 Z: 52.756
CIE Lab	L:79.545 a:0.907 b:7.647
CIE Luv	L:79.545 u:6.044 v:11.028
Decimal	13485239
Hunter Lab	74.752, -3.153, 10.482