The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Late Wheat
Benjamin Moore · CC-240
Straw, not butter
Savage Ground
Farrow & Ball · No. 213
Beige, but happy about it
47.41
LRV
#CAB88C
Hex
#D5C5A9
202 · 184 · 140
RGB
213 · 197 · 169
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Golden straw with a green edge; a muted, dusty yellow-tan
Undertone
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Yellows
Family
Neutrals
Designer Classics
Collection
Archive Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Late Wheat is a yellows, Savage Ground a neutrals.
How they read
In their own wordsLate Wheat is a muted golden yellow with enough tan and green in it to stay quiet — the color of a field in September rather than a lemon. At LRV 47 it sits mid-tone, so on cabinetry it reads as a real color without ever shouting, and it has none of the acidity that makes most yellows hard to live with.
Savage Ground is a warm, sandy beige from Farrow & Ball's archive — a yellow-leaning neutral that reads as sunlit rather than safe. It is the color of a stone floor in a Provençal kitchen, and it makes a room feel warmer without asking anyone to notice why.