Wheat

#dfd3a7

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #dfd3a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd3a7
RGB223, 211, 167
HSL47, 47%, 76%
HSV47, 25%, 87%
CMYK0%, 5%, 25%, 13%
Lab84.52, -2.69, 23.32
XYZ60.7, 65.07, 45.92
Decimal14668711
Web safe#cccc99
Pantone4535 C
Pantone4535 CHex#dfd3a7Rgb223 211 167Cmyk0 5 25 13Lab85 -3 23Darker#b59d42Deep#ccb973Lighter#f1eddc

Shades of wheat

Tints of wheat

Colors that go with wheat

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 25, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd3a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 5 25 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 9 27 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 #dfd3a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd3a7; }
.text { color: #dfd3a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd3a7; }

How wheat looks on light and dark

Wheat and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfd3a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.50:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
14.01:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd3a7 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 #dfd3a7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #dfd3a7 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #dfd3a7 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.