Wheat

#f2dea6

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 #f2dea6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2dea6

RGB242, 222, 166

HSL44, 75%, 80%

HSV44, 31%, 95%

CMYK0%, 8%, 31%, 5%

Lab88.86, -1.27, 30.01

XYZ69.62, 73.87, 46.67

Decimal15916710

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#edd285 #e8c664 #e4b943 #dfad22 #bf941c #9e7b17 #7d6112 #5d480e #3c2e09 #1b1504

Tints of wheat

#f3e1ad #f4e3b5 #f5e6bc #f6e9c3 #f7eccb #f8eed2 #faf1d9 #fbf4e1 #fcf7e8 #fdf9ef

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a6baf2 Analogous#f2b8a6 Analogous#e0f2a6 Triadic#a6f2de Triadic#dea6f2 Split complementary#a6e0f2 Split complementary#b8a6f2

Wheat in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 31, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2dea6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 31 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 33 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 #f2dea6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2dea6; }
.text { color: #f2dea6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2dea6; }

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 #f2dea6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2dea6 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 #f2dea6 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 #f2dea6 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 #f2dea6 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.