Wheat

#d5caa2

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

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #d5caa2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5caa2

RGB213, 202, 162

HSL47, 38%, 74%

HSV47, 24%, 84%

CMYK0%, 5%, 24%, 16%

Lab81.29, -2.49, 21.39

XYZ55.08, 59.0, 42.67

Decimal14011042

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4535 C

Shades of wheat

#cabc8a #c0af73 #b5a15b #a3904a #8c7b3f #746634 #5c512a #453c1f #2d2814 #15130a

Tints of wheat

#d9cfaa #dcd3b2 #e0d8ba #e4dcc2 #e7e1ca #ebe6d2 #efeada #f2efe3 #f6f3eb #f9f8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a2add5 Analogous#d5b1a2 Analogous#c7d5a2 Triadic#a2d5ca Triadic#caa2d5 Split complementary#a2c7d5 Split complementary#b0a2d5

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 24, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5caa2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 24 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 26 22

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 #d5caa2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5caa2; }
.text { color: #d5caa2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5caa2; }

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 #d5caa2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5caa2 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 #d5caa2 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 #d5caa2 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 #d5caa2 is computed, not guessed. 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.