Wheat

#d8d2ad

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

This is Wheat, a soft yellow at 52 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 #d8d2ad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8d2ad

RGB216, 210, 173

HSL52, 36%, 76%

HSV52, 20%, 85%

CMYK0%, 3%, 20%, 15%

Lab83.81, -3.93, 19.11

XYZ58.91, 63.71, 48.73

Decimal14209709

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5797 C

Shades of wheat

#ccc595 #c1b77c #b5aa64 #a69a4f #8e8444 #766d38 #5e572d #454021 #2d2a15 #15130a

Tints of wheat

#dbd6b4 #dfdabb #e2dec2 #e5e1c9 #e9e5d0 #ece9d7 #efedde #f3f1e5 #f6f5ec #f9f8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#adb3d8 Analogous#d8bcad Analogous#c9d8ad Triadic#add8d2 Triadic#d2add8 Split complementary#adc9d8 Split complementary#bcadd8

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, 20, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8d2ad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 20 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 22 21

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 #d8d2ad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8d2ad; }
.text { color: #d8d2ad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8d2ad; }

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 #d8d2ad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8d2ad 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 #d8d2ad 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 #d8d2ad 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 #d8d2ad 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.