Wheat

#e4d8ae

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

Wheat falls in the yellow band, light and soft. 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 #e4d8ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4d8ae

RGB228, 216, 174

HSL47, 50%, 79%

HSV47, 24%, 89%

CMYK0%, 5%, 24%, 11%

Lab86.34, -2.42, 22.23

XYZ64.19, 68.66, 49.91

Decimal14997678

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4535 C

Shades of wheat

#dbcb92 #d1bd76 #c8b05a #bea23f #a28a36 #86722d #6b5b24 #4f431a #332b11 #171408

Tints of wheat

#e6dbb5 #e9dfbc #ebe2c2 #ede5c9 #efe8d0 #f2ecd7 #f4efdd #f6f2e4 #f8f5eb #fbf9f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#aebae4 Analogous#e4bdae Analogous#d5e4ae Triadic#aee4d8 Triadic#d8aee4 Split complementary#aed5e4 Split complementary#bdaee4

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, 5, 24, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4d8ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 24 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 26 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #e4d8ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4d8ae; }
.text { color: #e4d8ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4d8ae; }

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 #e4d8ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4d8ae 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 #e4d8ae 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 #e4d8ae 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 #e4d8ae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.