Behr Wheat Grass PPU9-11
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| Code: | PPU9-11 |
| Name: | Wheat Grass |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Wheat Grass?
Behr Wheat Grass PPU9-11 is a muted yellow-green with a dry, khaki-like cast and soft olive undertones. Its moderate lightness keeps it grounded rather than bright, making it especially suited to rooms that need warmth without a strong golden-yellow effect. In direct warm light, Wheat Grass can read more sun-baked and ochre-leaning, while cooler daylight brings out its subdued green-gray side. Use it on living room, dining room, or bedroom walls with warm white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, and aged brass. Deep olive, clay brown, charcoal, and creamy off-white provide grounded companion colors for this shade.
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What are Behr Wheat Grass undertones?
Wheat Grass is a mid-light, soft straw yellow. The HEX sample leans yellow; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:
RGB code:
199, 192, 136
Is Behr Wheat Grass cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 53°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-11 Wheat Grass HSL code: 53, 36%, 66%
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 Grass
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Wheat Grass:
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
Darker shades
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 Grass with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 233, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.
LRV of Wheat Grass
Wheat Grass has an LRV of 50.12% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
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 50.12%, 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
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #c7c088 |
| RGB Decimal | 199, 192, 136 |
| RGB Percent | 78.04%, 75.29%, 53.33% |
| HSV | Hue: 53° Saturation: 31.66% Value: 78.04% |
| HSL | hsl(53, 36, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.52 Yellow: 31.66 Key: 21.96 |
| YIQ | Y: 187.709 I: 22.167 Q: -15.946 |
| XYZ | X: 46.847 Y: 51.62 Z: 30.782 |
| CIE Lab | L:77.053 a:-6.133 b:29.174 |
| CIE Luv | L:77.053 u:7.305 v:40.308 |
| Decimal | 13090952 |
| Hunter Lab | 71.847, -9.344, 24.891 |
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