Wheat

#e3cd96

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

This is Wheat, a strong orange at 43 degrees. 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 #e3cd96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e3cd96

RGB227, 205, 150

HSL43, 58%, 74%

HSV43, 34%, 89%

CMYK0%, 10%, 34%, 11%

Lab83.02, -0.24, 30.22

XYZ59.01, 62.2, 37.75

Decimal14929302

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone467 C

Shades of wheat

#dcc07b #d4b35f #cda644 #bc9532 #a17f2b #866a24 #6a541c #4f3e15 #34290e #181306

Tints of wheat

#e5d19f #e8d6a8 #eadab1 #eddeba #efe3c3 #f2e7cd #f4ebd6 #f6f0df #f9f4e8 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#96ace3 Analogous#e3a796 Analogous#d2e396 Triadic#96e3cd Triadic#cd96e3 Split complementary#96d2e3 Split complementary#a796e3

Wheat in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 34, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e3cd96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 34 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 35 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 #e3cd96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e3cd96; }
.text { color: #e3cd96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e3cd96; }

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 #e3cd96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e3cd96 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 #e3cd96 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 #e3cd96 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 #e3cd96 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.