Wheat

#d3c79d

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

This is Wheat, a soft yellow at 47 degrees. 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 #d3c79d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d3c79d

RGB211, 199, 157

HSL47, 38%, 72%

HSV47, 26%, 83%

CMYK0%, 6%, 26%, 17%

Lab80.25, -2.38, 22.58

XYZ53.37, 57.13, 40.11

Decimal13879197

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4535 C

Shades of wheat

#c9ba86 #beac6e #b49f57 #a18d48 #8a793e #726433 #5b5029 #443b1e #2c2714 #151309

Tints of wheat

#d7cca6 #dbd1ae #dfd6b7 #e2dbbf #e6dfc8 #eae4d0 #eee9d9 #f2eee2 #f6f3ea #f9f8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#9da9d3 Analogous#d3ac9d Analogous#c4d39d Triadic#9dd3c7 Triadic#c79dd3 Split complementary#9dc4d3 Split complementary#ac9dd3

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 26, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d3c79d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 26 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 28 23

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 #d3c79d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d3c79d; }
.text { color: #d3c79d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d3c79d; }

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 #d3c79d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d3c79d 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 #d3c79d 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 #d3c79d 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

Every value on this page for #d3c79d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.