Wheat

#f2d8ae

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

Wheat is a light orange with open warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #f2d8ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2d8ae

RGB242, 216, 174

HSL37, 72%, 82%

HSV37, 28%, 95%

CMYK0%, 11%, 28%, 5%

Lab87.51, 2.82, 24.03

XYZ68.81, 71.04, 50.13

Decimal15915182

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#edc88d #e7b86c #e2a84a #dd9829 #c0831f #9f6c1a #7e5614 #5d3f0f #3c280a #1a1204

Tints of wheat

#f3dbb5 #f4debb #f5e1c2 #f6e5c8 #f7e8cf #f8ebd5 #f9eedc #faf1e2 #fbf4e9 #fdf8f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#aec8f2 Analogous#f2b6ae Analogous#eaf2ae Triadic#aef2d8 Triadic#d8aef2 Split complementary#aeeaf2 Split complementary#b6aef2

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 28, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2d8ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 28 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 30 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #f2d8ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2d8ae; }
.text { color: #f2d8ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2d8ae; }

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 #f2d8ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2d8ae 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 #f2d8ae 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 #f2d8ae 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

The figures for #f2d8ae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.