Wheat

#f4e7bc

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

This is Wheat, a strong yellow at 46 degrees. 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 #f4e7bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e7bc

RGB244, 231, 188

HSL46, 72%, 85%

HSV46, 23%, 96%

CMYK0%, 5%, 23%, 4%

Lab91.69, -2.23, 22.56

XYZ74.96, 80.02, 59.07

Decimal16050108

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of wheat

#eedb9a #e9ce77 #e3c255 #ddb632 #c7a021 #a4841b #826915 #5f4d10 #3d310a #1a1504

Tints of wheat

#f5e9c1 #f6ebc6 #f7edcc #f7eed1 #f8f0d6 #f9f2db #faf4e0 #fbf6e5 #fcf8eb #fcfaf0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bcc9f4 Analogous#f4cbbc Analogous#e5f4bc Triadic#bcf4e7 Triadic#e7bcf4 Split complementary#bce5f4 Split complementary#cbbcf4

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 23, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e7bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 23 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 25 10

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 #f4e7bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e7bc; }
.text { color: #f4e7bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e7bc; }

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 #f4e7bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e7bc 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 #f4e7bc 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 #f4e7bc 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 #f4e7bc 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.