Wheat

#ebd79f

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

This is Wheat, a strong orange at 44 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #ebd79f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebd79f

RGB235, 215, 159

HSL44, 66%, 77%

HSV44, 32%, 92%

CMYK0%, 9%, 32%, 8%

Lab86.39, -1.22, 30.19

XYZ64.82, 68.77, 42.66

Decimal15456159

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e5ca81 #debe63 #d8b145 #cea32b #b08b25 #92731e #745b18 #554412 #372c0c #191405

Tints of wheat

#eedeaf #f2e5bf #f3e8c8 #f5ebd0 #f7efd8 #f9f2e0 #faf5e8 #fcf9f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#9fb3eb Analogous#ebb19f Analogous#d9eb9f Triadic#9febd7 Triadic#d79feb Split complementary#9fd9eb Split complementary#b19feb

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 32, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebd79f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 32 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 33 14

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 #ebd79f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebd79f; }
.text { color: #ebd79f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebd79f; }

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 #ebd79f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebd79f 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 #ebd79f 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 #ebd79f 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 #ebd79f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.