Wheat

#f4e4b0

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #f4e4b0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e4b0

RGB244, 228, 176

HSL46, 76%, 82%

HSV46, 28%, 96%

CMYK0%, 7%, 28%, 4%

Lab90.71, -2.31, 27.4

XYZ72.89, 77.85, 52.26

Decimal16049328

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone1205 C

Shades of wheat

#efd88e #eacd6c #e6c149 #e1b527 #c69e1c #a48217 #816712 #5f4c0d #3d3108 #1b1504

Tints of wheat

#f5e6b6 #f6e8bd #f7eac3 #f8edc9 #f8efd0 #f9f1d6 #faf3dc #fbf5e3 #fcf7e9 #fdfaef

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b0c0f4 Analogous#f4c2b0 Analogous#e2f4b0 Triadic#b0f4e4 Triadic#e4b0f4 Split complementary#b0e2f4 Split complementary#c2b0f4

Wheat in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 28, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e4b0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 28 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 30 10

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 #f4e4b0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e4b0; }
.text { color: #f4e4b0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e4b0; }

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 #f4e4b0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e4b0 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 #f4e4b0 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 #f4e4b0 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 #f4e4b0 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.