Wheat

#e2d9bc

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

Wheat is a light yellow, open at this saturation. 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 #e2d9bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2d9bc

RGB226, 217, 188

HSL46, 40%, 81%

HSV46, 17%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 17%, 11%

Lab86.71, -1.64, 15.4

XYZ65.25, 69.43, 57.54

Decimal14866876

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of wheat

#d6caa1 #cbbb86 #bfab6c #b49c51 #9b8643 #806f38 #66582c #4b4120 #302a15 #151209

Tints of wheat

#e4dcc1 #e7dfc7 #e9e2cc #ebe5d2 #eee8d7 #f0ecdd #f3efe2 #f5f2e8 #f7f5ed #faf8f3

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bcc5e2 Analogous#e2c6bc Analogous#d8e2bc Triadic#bce2d9 Triadic#d9bce2 Split complementary#bcd8e2 Split complementary#c6bce2

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 17, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2d9bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 17 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 20 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 #e2d9bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2d9bc; }
.text { color: #e2d9bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2d9bc; }

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 #e2d9bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2d9bc 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 #e2d9bc 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 #e2d9bc 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 #e2d9bc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.