Wheat

#cec6a7

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

This is Wheat, a muted yellow at 48 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #cec6a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cec6a7

RGB206, 198, 167

HSL48, 28%, 73%

HSV48, 19%, 81%

CMYK0%, 4%, 19%, 19%

Lab79.78, -2.3, 16.55

XYZ52.62, 56.3, 44.65

Decimal13551271

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone453 C

Shades of wheat

#c2b891 #b6aa7b #a99b65 #988a54 #827648 #6c623c #564e30 #403a23 #2a2617 #14120b

Tints of wheat

#d2cbaf #d7d0b6 #dbd5be #dfdac6 #e3dfcd #e8e4d5 #ece9dd #f0eee4 #f4f3ec #f9f8f4

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a7afce Analogous#ceb3a7 Analogous#c3cea7 Triadic#a7cec6 Triadic#c6a7ce Split complementary#a7c3ce Split complementary#b3a7ce

Wheat in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 19, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cec6a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 19 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 21 25

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #cec6a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cec6a7; }
.text { color: #cec6a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cec6a7; }

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 #cec6a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cec6a7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Wheat on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cec6a7 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn wheat into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cec6a7 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

Here is how the numbers for #cec6a7 are worked out. 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.