Wheat

#e6d49d

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 #e6d49d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6d49d

RGB230, 212, 157

HSL45, 59%, 76%

HSV45, 32%, 90%

CMYK0%, 8%, 32%, 10%

Lab85.17, -1.84, 29.52

XYZ62.26, 66.34, 41.42

Decimal15127709

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#dfc881 #d8bb64 #d0af48 #c39f32 #a6882a #8a7123 #6e591c #514215 #352b0d #181406

Tints of wheat

#e8d8a5 #eadbae #ecdfb6 #efe3bf #f1e6c7 #f3eacf #f5eed8 #f7f1e0 #f9f5e8 #fbf9f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#9dafe6 Analogous#e6b09d Analogous#d3e69d Triadic#9de6d4 Triadic#d49de6 Split complementary#9dd4e6 Split complementary#b09de6

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 32, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6d49d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 32 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 33 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #e6d49d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6d49d; }
.text { color: #e6d49d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6d49d; }

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 #e6d49d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6d49d 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 #e6d49d 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 #e6d49d 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 #e6d49d 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.