Wheat

#ccc4a7

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for wheat, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Wheat falls in the yellow band, light and muted. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #ccc4a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccc4a7

RGB204, 196, 167

HSL47, 27%, 73%

HSV47, 18%, 80%

CMYK0%, 4%, 18%, 20%

Lab79.1, -1.99, 15.58

XYZ51.62, 55.11, 44.48

Decimal13419687

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone453 C

Shades of wheat

#c0b691 #b3a77c #a79966 #958756 #7f744a #6a603d #544c31 #3e3924 #292518 #13120b

Tints of wheat

#d0c9af #d9d3be #ded9c6 #e7e3d5 #ebe8dd #f4f2ec #f8f7f4

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a7afcc Analogous#ccb2a7 Analogous#c2cca7 Triadic#a7ccc4 Triadic#c4a7cc Split complementary#a7c1cc Split complementary#b2a7cc

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 18, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccc4a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 18 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 21 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #ccc4a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccc4a7; }
.text { color: #ccc4a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccc4a7; }

How wheat looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Wheat and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ccc4a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccc4a7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Wheat on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ccc4a7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around wheat? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn wheat into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ccc4a7 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from wheat, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #ccc4a7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.