Wheat

#dfd19e

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #dfd19e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd19e

RGB223, 209, 158

HSL47, 50%, 75%

HSV47, 29%, 87%

CMYK0%, 6%, 29%, 13%

Lab83.84, -2.85, 27.1

XYZ59.4, 63.76, 41.52

Decimal14668190

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4535 C

Shades of wheat

#d6c584 #ceb869 #c5ac4f #b59b3c #9b8433 #806e2a #665722 #4c4119 #312a10 #171408

Tints of wheat

#e5d9af #e7ddb7 #ede5c8 #f0e9d0 #f2edd9 #f5f1e1 #f8f5e9 #fbf9f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#9eacdf Analogous#dfb19e Analogous#ccdf9e Triadic#9edfd1 Triadic#d19edf Split complementary#9eccdf Split complementary#b19edf

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 29, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd19e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 29 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 31 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 #dfd19e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd19e; }
.text { color: #dfd19e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd19e; }

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 #dfd19e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd19e 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 #dfd19e 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 #dfd19e 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 #dfd19e are worked out. 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.