Wheat

#d0caac

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

Wheat is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. 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 #d0caac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d0caac

RGB208, 202, 172

HSL50, 28%, 75%

HSV50, 17%, 82%

CMYK0%, 3%, 17%, 18%

Lab81.09, -2.89, 15.74

XYZ54.58, 58.63, 47.47

Decimal13683372

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone453 C

Shades of wheat

#c3bc96#b7ae7f#aa9f69#998e57#837a4a#6d653e#565031#403c24#2a2718#14120b

Tints of wheat

#d8d3ba#e0dcc9#e8e5d7#f0efe5#f4f3ec#f9f8f4

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#acb2d0Analogous#d0b8acAnalogous#c4d0acTriadic#acd0caTriadic#caacd0Split complementary#acc4d0Split complementary#b8acd0

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, 3, 17, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d0caac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 17 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 20 24

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 #d0caac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d0caac; }
.text { color: #d0caac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d0caac; }

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 #d0caac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d0caac 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 #d0caac 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 #d0caac 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 #d0caac is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.