Wheat

#ebd7ae

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 40 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #ebd7ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebd7ae

RGB235, 215, 174

HSL40, 60%, 80%

HSV40, 26%, 92%

CMYK0%, 9%, 26%, 8%

Lab86.66, 0.71, 22.77

XYZ66.2, 69.32, 49.94

Decimal15456174

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e4c890 #dcb971 #d5aa53 #cd9b35 #b0852c #926e24 #74571d #554015 #37290e #191206

Tints of wheat

#eddab5 #eedebb #f0e1c2 #f2e4c9 #f3e7cf #f5ebd6 #f7eedd #f8f1e3 #faf5ea #fbf8f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#aec2eb Analogous#ebb9ae Analogous#e0ebae Triadic#aeebd7 Triadic#d7aeeb Split complementary#aee0eb Split complementary#b9aeeb

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 26, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebd7ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 26 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 28 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #ebd7ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebd7ae; }
.text { color: #ebd7ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebd7ae; }

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 #ebd7ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebd7ae 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 #ebd7ae 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 #ebd7ae 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 #ebd7ae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.