Wheat Toast (Valspar 3002-10B)
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Wheat Toast (Valspar 3002-10B) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 60, so it reflects about 60 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Wheat Toast
Four Valspar colors picked for Wheat Toast by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Wheat Toast, 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 | Croissant | SW 7716 | 58 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Alpaca | 1074 | 58.7 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Sand Motif | PPU4-13 | 58.6 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Almond Cream | 1086-3 | 64 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Wheat Toast (LRV 60) by LRV.
Lighter than Wheat Toast
Darker than Wheat Toast
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3002-10B |
| Hex | #DDC8AB |
| RGB | 221, 200, 171 |
| HSL | 35°, 42%, 77% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 81.6, 2.8, 17.2 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Wheat Toast (Valspar 3002-10B), published as #DDC8AB
#CDBEA9
#EED2AB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Wheat Toast (Valspar 3002-10B)?
- Wheat Toast has an LRV of 60. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Wheat Toast is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Wheat Toast in another brand?
- Alpaca (BM 1074) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Wheat Toast warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Wheat Toast as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 17.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.