Wheat

#decaad

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

Wheat sits in the orange range, light and soft. 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 #decaad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#decaad

RGB222, 202, 173

HSL36, 43%, 77%

HSV36, 22%, 87%

CMYK0%, 9%, 22%, 13%

Lab82.26, 2.46, 17.03

XYZ58.79, 60.79, 48.17

Decimal14600877

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone726 C

Shades of wheat

#d4b993 #c9a879 #bf985f #b28648 #98733d #7e5f33 #644b28 #4a381e #302413 #161009

Tints of wheat

#e1ceb4 #e4d3bb #e6d7c2 #e9dcc9 #ece0d0 #efe5d7 #f2e9dd #f4eee4 #f7f2eb #faf7f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#adc1de Analogous#deb2ad Analogous#dadead Triadic#addeca Triadic#caadde Split complementary#addade Split complementary#b2adde

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 22, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 22 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 24 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 #decaad straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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