Wheat

#e4dbbb

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 #e4dbbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dbbb

RGB228, 219, 187

HSL47, 43%, 81%

HSV47, 18%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 18%, 11%

Lab87.36, -2.1, 16.86

XYZ66.3, 70.74, 57.17

Decimal14998459

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of wheat

#d9cc9f #cebe84 #c3af68 #b8a14d #9f8a3f #847234 #685b29 #4d431f #312b14 #161309

Tints of wheat

#e6dec1 #e8e1c6 #ebe4cc #ede7d1 #efead7 #f1eddc #f3efe2 #f6f2e7 #f8f5ed #faf8f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bbc4e4 Analogous#e4c6bb Analogous#d9e4bb Triadic#bbe4db Triadic#dbbbe4 Split complementary#bbd9e4 Split complementary#c6bbe4

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 18, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dbbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 18 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 21 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 #e4dbbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dbbb; }
.text { color: #e4dbbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dbbb; }

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 #e4dbbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dbbb 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 #e4dbbb 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 #e4dbbb 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 #e4dbbb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.