Wheat

#ddcca6

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

This is Wheat, a soft orange at 41 degrees. 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 #ddcca6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddcca6

RGB221, 204, 166

HSL41, 45%, 76%

HSV41, 25%, 87%

CMYK0%, 8%, 25%, 13%

Lab82.55, 0.05, 21.11

XYZ58.29, 61.31, 44.84

Decimal14535846

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone467 C

Shades of wheat

#d3bd8c #c9ae72 #bfa059 #b18f44 #977a3a #7d6530 #645026 #4a3c1c #302712 #161208

Tints of wheat

#e0d0ae #e3d5b5 #e6d9bd #e9ddc4 #ece2cc #eee6d4 #f1ebdb #f4efe3 #f7f3ea #faf8f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a6b7dd Analogous#ddb0a6 Analogous#d2dda6 Triadic#a6ddcc Triadic#cca6dd Split complementary#a6d2dd Split complementary#b1a6dd

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 25, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddcca6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 25 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 27 19

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 #ddcca6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddcca6; }
.text { color: #ddcca6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddcca6; }

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 #ddcca6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddcca6 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 #ddcca6 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 #ddcca6 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 #ddcca6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.