Oat Straw
740C-3 · #D1CBA7 · LRV 59 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Oat Straw59
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Oat Straw, Really?
Oat Straw reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 740C-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Oat Straw
Oat Straw is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Oat Straw
At LRV 59, Oat Straw is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Oat Straw are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr 740C-3 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Baize GreenSW 6429 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.6 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Marble Canyon227 · Benjamin Moore | 3.2 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Archisa8003-28C · Valspar | 0.5 | 58 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Canary GrassPPG1114-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.9 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Canary GrassPPG1114-3 · Glidden | 0.8 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Farm Eggs323-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Oat Straw within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #D1CBA7 in HSL space. Pair Oat Straw with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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