Wheat

#ddcfa7

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 44 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 #ddcfa7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddcfa7

RGB221, 207, 167

HSL44, 44%, 76%

HSV44, 24%, 87%

CMYK0%, 6%, 24%, 13%

Lab83.33, -1.37, 21.67

XYZ59.11, 62.79, 45.56

Decimal14536615

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4535 C

Shades of wheat

#d3c18d #c9b373 #bfa55a #b19544 #977f3a #7d6930 #635426 #4a3e1c #302812 #161309

Tints of wheat

#e3d7b6 #e6dbbe #ece3cd #eee8d4 #f1ecdc #f7f4eb #faf8f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a7b5dd Analogous#ddb4a7 Analogous#d0dda7 Triadic#a7ddcf Triadic#cfa7dd Split complementary#a7d0dd Split complementary#b4a7dd

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 24, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddcfa7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 24 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 26 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #ddcfa7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddcfa7; }
.text { color: #ddcfa7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddcfa7; }

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 #ddcfa7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddcfa7 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 #ddcfa7 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 #ddcfa7 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 #ddcfa7 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.