Wheat

#e7d8a5

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 strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #e7d8a5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7d8a5

RGB231, 216, 165

HSL46, 58%, 78%

HSV46, 29%, 91%

CMYK0%, 6%, 29%, 9%

Lab86.41, -2.5, 27.06

XYZ64.3, 68.82, 45.49

Decimal15194277

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone615 C

Shades of wheat

#dfcb88 #d8bf6b #d0b24e #c5a435 #a88c2d #8c7425 #6f5c1e #524416 #352c0e #181406

Tints of wheat

#e9dbad #ebdfb4 #ede2bc #efe5c3 #f1e8cb #f3ecd3 #f5efda #f7f2e2 #f9f6e9 #fbf9f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a5b4e7 Analogous#e7b7a5 Analogous#d5e7a5 Triadic#a5e7d8 Triadic#d8a5e7 Split complementary#a5d5e7 Split complementary#b7a5e7

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 29, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7d8a5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 29 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 31 15

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 #e7d8a5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7d8a5; }
.text { color: #e7d8a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7d8a5; }

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 #e7d8a5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7d8a5 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 #e7d8a5 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 #e7d8a5 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 #e7d8a5 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. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.