Wheat

#dccbb3

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

Wheat is a light orange with soft warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #dccbb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dccbb3

RGB220, 203, 179

HSL35, 37%, 78%

HSV35, 19%, 86%

CMYK0%, 8%, 19%, 14%

Lab82.48, 2.07, 14.11

XYZ59.01, 61.18, 51.35

Decimal14470067

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone400 C

Shades of wheat

#d0ba9a #c5a881 #b99767 #ac864f #937244 #7a5f38 #614b2c #473721 #2e2415 #15100a

Tints of wheat

#e2d4c0 #e8dccd #eee5d9 #f3eee6 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b3c4dc Analogous#dcb7b3 Analogous#d9dcb3 Triadic#b3dccb Triadic#cbb3dc Split complementary#b3d8dc Split complementary#b7b3dc

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, 8, 19, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dccbb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 19 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 21 20

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 #dccbb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dccbb3; }
.text { color: #dccbb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dccbb3; }

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 #dccbb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dccbb3 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 #dccbb3 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 #dccbb3 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 #dccbb3 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 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.