Wild Rice (Behr 780D-7)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Wild Rice (Behr 780D-7) is a very deep, warm brown from Behr: LRV 10.2, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Wild Rice
Three Behr colors picked for Wild Rice by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Wild Rice, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Hidden Trail | SW 9525 | 10 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Aegean Olive | 1491 | 11.5 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Olive Smudge | 6001-2C | 12 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Moss Rock | 1032-7 | 10 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr brown colors nearest to Wild Rice (LRV 10.2 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Wild Rice
Darker than Wild Rice
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | 780D-7 |
| Hex | #5E5A4D |
| RGB | 94, 90, 77 |
| HSL | 46°, 10%, 34% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10.2 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 38.3, -0.9, 8.1 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Wild Rice (Behr 780D-7), published as #5E5A4D
#50514C
#6D634D
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Behr
More from Behr
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Wild Rice (Behr 780D-7)?
- Wild Rice has an LRV of 10.2 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Wild Rice is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Wild Rice in another brand?
- Aegean Olive (BM 1491) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Wild Rice warm or cool?
- Behr lists Wild Rice as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.1; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.