Wheat

#d5c9b2

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

This is Wheat, a muted orange at 39 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #d5c9b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5c9b2

RGB213, 201, 178

HSL39, 29%, 77%

HSV39, 16%, 84%

CMYK0%, 6%, 16%, 16%

Lab81.37, 0.39, 12.99

XYZ56.36, 59.13, 50.56

Decimal14010802

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone400 C

Shades of wheat

#c8b99b #bca883 #af986c #a08757 #88734a #715f3e #5a4c31 #423824 #2b2418 #14110b

Tints of wheat

#dcd2bf #e3dbcc #eae5d9 #eee9e0 #f5f2ed

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b2bed5 Analogous#d5b7b2 Analogous#d0d5b2 Triadic#b2d5c9 Triadic#c9b2d5 Split complementary#b2d0d5 Split complementary#b8b2d5

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 16, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5c9b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 16 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 19 22

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 #d5c9b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5c9b2; }
.text { color: #d5c9b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5c9b2; }

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 #d5c9b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5c9b2 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 #d5c9b2 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 #d5c9b2 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 #d5c9b2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.