Wheat

#e5d9ab

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

Wheat is a light yellow, relaxed at this saturation. 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 #e5d9ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5d9ab

RGB229, 217, 171

HSL48, 53%, 78%

HSV48, 25%, 90%

CMYK0%, 5%, 25%, 10%

Lab86.61, -2.97, 24.19

XYZ64.48, 69.22, 48.49

Decimal15063467

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone615 C

Shades of wheat

#dccc8f #d4bf73 #cbb356 #c1a53c #a48d33 #88752a #6c5d21 #504419 #342c10 #171407

Tints of wheat

#e9dfb9 #eee6c7 #f2ecd5 #f4efdc #f6f2e3 #fbf9f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#abb7e5 Analogous#e5bcab Analogous#d4e5ab Triadic#abe5d9 Triadic#d9abe5 Split complementary#abd4e5 Split complementary#bcabe5

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, 25, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5d9ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 25 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 27 16

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 #e5d9ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5d9ab; }
.text { color: #e5d9ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5d9ab; }

How wheat looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Wheat and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e5d9ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5d9ab 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 #e5d9ab 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 #e5d9ab 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

Every value on this page for #e5d9ab is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.