Wheat

#ede0bb

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

Wheat is a light orange with relaxed warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #ede0bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ede0bb

RGB237, 224, 187

HSL44, 58%, 83%

HSV44, 21%, 93%

CMYK0%, 5%, 21%, 7%

Lab89.35, -1.37, 19.74

XYZ70.55, 74.9, 57.75

Decimal15589563

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of wheat

#e5d29c #ddc47d #d4b55e #cca73f #b49130 #957827 #765f1f #564617 #372d0f #181406

Tints of wheat

#eee2c0 #f0e5c6 #f1e7cb #f3ead1 #f4ecd6 #f6efdb #f7f1e1 #f8f4e6 #faf6eb #fbf9f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bbc8ed Analogous#edc7bb Analogous#e1edbb Triadic#bbede0 Triadic#e0bbed Split complementary#bbe1ed Split complementary#c7bbed

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 21, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ede0bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 21 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 23 13

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 #ede0bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ede0bb; }
.text { color: #ede0bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ede0bb; }

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 #ede0bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ede0bb 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 #ede0bb 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 #ede0bb 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 #ede0bb 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.