Wheat

#dcd6b2

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 #dcd6b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd6b2

RGB220, 214, 178

HSL51, 38%, 78%

HSV51, 19%, 86%

CMYK0%, 3%, 19%, 14%

Lab85.26, -3.78, 18.55

XYZ61.6, 66.52, 51.71

Decimal14472882

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5875 C

Shades of wheat

#d1c999 #c5bb7f #baae66 #ad9f4e #938843 #7a7137 #61592c #484221 #2e2b15 #15130a

Tints of wheat

#e2ddbf #e8e4cc #eeebd9 #f4f2e6 #f9f8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b2b8dc Analogous#dcc1b2 Analogous#cddcb2 Triadic#b2dcd6 Triadic#d6b2dc Split complementary#b2cddc Split complementary#c1b2dc

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, 19, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd6b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 19 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 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 #dcd6b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd6b2; }
.text { color: #dcd6b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd6b2; }

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 #dcd6b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd6b2 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 #dcd6b2 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 #dcd6b2 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

Here is how the numbers for #dcd6b2 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.