Wheat

#e7dfbb

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

This is Wheat, a soft yellow at 49 degrees. 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 #e7dfbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7dfbb

RGB231, 223, 187

HSL49, 48%, 82%

HSV49, 19%, 91%

CMYK0%, 3%, 19%, 9%

Lab88.62, -3.05, 18.65

XYZ68.31, 73.35, 57.57

Decimal15196091

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of wheat

#ddd29e #d3c482 #c9b765 #bfa948 #a6923b #897930 #6d6026 #50461c #332d12 #171408

Tints of wheat

#ebe4c6 #efe9d1 #f3eedc #f6f4e7 #faf9f2

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bbc3e7 Analogous#e7c9bb Analogous#d9e7bb Triadic#bbe7df Triadic#dfbbe7 Split complementary#bbd9e7 Split complementary#c9bbe7

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 19, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7dfbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 19 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #e7dfbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7dfbb; }
.text { color: #e7dfbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7dfbb; }

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 #e7dfbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7dfbb 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 #e7dfbb 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 #e7dfbb 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

Here is how the numbers for #e7dfbb are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.