Wheat

#e1caac

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 #e1caac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1caac

RGB225, 202, 172

HSL34, 47%, 78%

HSV34, 24%, 88%

CMYK0%, 10%, 24%, 12%

Lab82.5, 3.43, 17.93

XYZ59.62, 61.23, 47.71

Decimal14797484

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone726 C

Shades of wheat

#d7b991 #cea876 #c4965b #b88542 #9d7239 #825e2f #674b25 #4c371c #312412 #161008

Tints of wheat

#e4ceb3 #e6d3ba #e9d7c1 #ebdcc8 #eee0cf #f0e5d6 #f3e9dd #f5eee4 #f8f2eb #faf7f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#acc3e1 Analogous#e1afac Analogous#dee1ac Triadic#ace1ca Triadic#caace1 Split complementary#acdee1 Split complementary#b0ace1

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 24, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1caac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 24 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 26 18

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 #e1caac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1caac; }
.text { color: #e1caac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1caac; }

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 #e1caac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1caac 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 #e1caac 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 #e1caac 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 #e1caac come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.