Wheat Bread (Behr 720C-3) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Behr Wheat Bread 720C-3 (simulated) — Wheat Bread Behr 720C-3#CDC4B7, LRV 55.9 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray SW 7029 (simulated) — Agreeable Gray SW 7029#D1CBC1, LRV 60

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Agreeable Gray, LRV 60 vs 55.9.
Warmer: Wheat Bread, both greige (Lab b* 7.6 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 75.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: White Luxury Behr PWN-34, #F7F0E5, LRV 87.8 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.3, noticeably different. At 2.3, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Wheat BreadBehr 720C-3LRV 55.9 (estimated), #CDC4B7

Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7029LRV 60, #D1CBC1

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Wheat Bread (Behr 720C-3) is slightly darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and slightly warmer: LRV 55.9 vs 60, deltaE 2.3 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Wheat Bread	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	720C-3	SW 7029
Hex	#CDC4B7	#D1CBC1
RGB	205, 196, 183	209, 203, 193
HSL	35°, 18%, 76%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	55.9 (est.)	60	−4.1
Lab L*	79.5	81.9	−2.4
Lab a*	0.9	0.3	+0.6
Lab b*	7.6	5.7	+1.9
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Wheat Bread (Behr 720C-3), published as #CDC4B7

North light (cool, indirect)
#BCBAB5

South light (warm, direct)
#DECEB7

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0C1BF

South light (warm, direct)
#E3D5C1

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 4.1 LRV points lighter (60 vs 55.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.7 against 7.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Wheat Bread (Behr 720C-3) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.6), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Wheat Bread in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Wheat Bread the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.3. Most people can see the difference between Wheat Bread and Agreeable Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Wheat Bread or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 55.9.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Wheat Bread: 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; Agreeable Gray: 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.