Wheat

#dfd1b0

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 42 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 #dfd1b0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd1b0

RGB223, 209, 176

HSL42, 42%, 78%

HSV42, 21%, 87%

CMYK0%, 6%, 21%, 13%

Lab84.19, -0.39, 18.14

XYZ61.07, 64.42, 50.29

Decimal14668208

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone468 C

Shades of wheat

#d4c296 #cab27c #bfa361 #b39349 #997e3e #7f6833 #645329 #4a3d1e #302713 #161209

Tints of wheat

#e2d5b7 #e4d9bd #e7ddc4 #eae0cb #ece4d1 #efe8d8 #f2ecde #f4f0e5 #f7f4ec #faf8f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b0bedf Analogous#dfbab0 Analogous#d5dfb0 Triadic#b0dfd1 Triadic#d1b0df Split complementary#b0d5df Split complementary#bab0df

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 21, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd1b0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 21 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 23 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 #dfd1b0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd1b0; }
.text { color: #dfd1b0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd1b0; }

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 #dfd1b0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd1b0 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 #dfd1b0 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 #dfd1b0 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 #dfd1b0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.