Wheat

#ecd0a3

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

Wheat is a light orange with open warmth. 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 #ecd0a3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecd0a3

RGB236, 208, 163

HSL37, 66%, 78%

HSV37, 31%, 93%

CMYK0%, 12%, 31%, 7%

Lab84.79, 3.27, 25.96

XYZ63.76, 65.59, 43.95

Decimal15519907

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e6c084 #dfb166 #d9a147 #d1912b #b27c25 #93671e #755118 #563c12 #38270c #191205

Tints of wheat

#eed4ab #efd8b2 #f1dcba #f2e0c2 #f4e4ca #f6e8d1 #f7ecd9 #f9f0e1 #faf3e8 #fcf7f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a3bfec Analogous#ecaba3 Analogous#e4eca3 Triadic#a3ecd0 Triadic#d0a3ec Split complementary#a3e4ec Split complementary#aba3ec

Wheat in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 31, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecd0a3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 31 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 33 13

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 #ecd0a3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecd0a3; }
.text { color: #ecd0a3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecd0a3; }

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 #ecd0a3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecd0a3 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 #ecd0a3 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 #ecd0a3 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 #ecd0a3 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.