Wheat

#e2cd9b

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 strong. 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 #e2cd9b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2cd9b

RGB226, 205, 155

HSL42, 55%, 75%

HSV42, 31%, 89%

CMYK0%, 9%, 31%, 11%

Lab83.02, -0.01, 27.6

XYZ59.11, 62.2, 39.9

Decimal14863771

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone467 C

Shades of wheat

#dabf80 #d2b265 #caa44a #bb9336 #a07e2e #846926 #69531f #4e3e17 #33280f #181307

Tints of wheat

#e4d1a4 #e9dab5 #eee3c6 #f1e7cf #f3ebd7 #f6efe0 #f8f4e9 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#9bb0e2 Analogous#e2aa9b Analogous#d3e29b Triadic#9be2cd Triadic#cd9be2 Split complementary#9bd3e2 Split complementary#aa9be2

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 31, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2cd9b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 31 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 33 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #e2cd9b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2cd9b; }
.text { color: #e2cd9b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2cd9b; }

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 #e2cd9b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2cd9b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Wheat on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e2cd9b 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn wheat into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e2cd9b 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 #e2cd9b 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.