Wheat

#cfc6a3

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 soft. 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 #cfc6a3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfc6a3

RGB207, 198, 163

HSL48, 31%, 73%

HSV48, 21%, 81%

CMYK0%, 4%, 21%, 19%

Lab79.78, -2.52, 18.7

XYZ52.54, 56.3, 42.75

Decimal13616803

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone453 C

Shades of wheat

#c3b88d #b8aa76 #ac9d60 #9a8b50 #847745 #6d6339 #574f2d #413a22 #2a2616 #14120a

Tints of wheat

#d3cbab #d7d0b3 #dcd5bb #e0dac3 #e4dfcb #e8e4d3 #ece9db #f1eee3 #f5f3eb #f9f8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a3accf Analogous#cfb0a3 Analogous#c2cfa3 Triadic#a3cfc6 Triadic#c6a3cf Split complementary#a3c2cf Split complementary#b0a3cf

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, 21, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfc6a3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 21 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 23 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #cfc6a3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfc6a3; }
.text { color: #cfc6a3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfc6a3; }

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 #cfc6a3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfc6a3 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 #cfc6a3 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 #cfc6a3 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

Every value on this page for #cfc6a3 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.