Wheat

#e2d9b0

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

Wheat is a light yellow, relaxed at this saturation. 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 #e2d9b0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2d9b0

RGB226, 217, 176

HSL49, 46%, 79%

HSV49, 22%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 22%, 11%

Lab86.47, -3.4, 21.34

XYZ64.01, 68.93, 51.01

Decimal14866864

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5875 C

Shades of wheat

#d8cc95 #cebf7a #c4b25e #b9a444 #9e8c3a #837430 #685c26 #4d441c #322c12 #161408

Tints of wheat

#e4dcb7 #e7dfbd #e9e3c4 #ece6ca #eee9d1 #f1ecd8 #f3efde #f5f2e5 #f8f6eb #faf9f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b0b9e2 Analogous#e2c0b0 Analogous#d2e2b0 Triadic#b0e2d9 Triadic#d9b0e2 Split complementary#b0d2e2 Split complementary#c0b0e2

Wheat in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 22, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2d9b0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 22 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 24 17

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 #e2d9b0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2d9b0; }
.text { color: #e2d9b0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2d9b0; }

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 #e2d9b0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2d9b0 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 #e2d9b0 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 #e2d9b0 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 #e2d9b0 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.