The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Late Wheat
Benjamin Moore · CC-240
Straw, not butter
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersWhite Dove is the lighter of the two at LRV 83.16, 35.8 points above Late Wheat at LRV 47.41. Both read warm. Late Wheat is a yellows, White Dove a whites. For a whole room, White Dove is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Late Wheat is the bolder pick.
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.
White Dove (OC-17) is Benjamin Moore's most-specified soft white — warm, but with a subtle gray-green base that keeps it from going yellow. At LRV 83 it's bright enough to act as a white on walls and trim, yet soft enough to never feel stark.