Wheat

#fcecc2

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

Wheat sits in the orange range, light and vivid. 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 #fcecc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcecc2

RGB252, 236, 194

HSL43, 91%, 87%

HSV43, 23%, 99%

CMYK0%, 6%, 23%, 1%

Lab93.7, -1.01, 22.35

XYZ79.88, 84.58, 63.15

Decimal16575682

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of wheat

#fae09a #f8d373 #f6c74b #f4bb24 #e3a80b #bc8a09 #946d07 #6c5005 #453303 #1d1601

Tints of wheat

#fcedc6 #fcefcb #fdf0cf #fdf1d4 #fdf3d8 #fdf4dc #fef6e1 #fef7e5 #fef8ea #fefaee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#c2d2fc Analogous#fccfc2 Analogous#effcc2 Triadic#c2fcec Triadic#ecc2fc Split complementary#c2effc Split complementary#cfc2fc

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, 6, 23, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcecc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 23 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 25 7

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 #fcecc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcecc2; }
.text { color: #fcecc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcecc2; }

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 #fcecc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcecc2 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 #fcecc2 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 #fcecc2 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 #fcecc2 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.