Wheat

#ecd8ab

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

Wheat is a light orange with soft warmth. 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 #ecd8ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecd8ab

RGB236, 216, 171

HSL42, 63%, 80%

HSV42, 28%, 93%

CMYK0%, 8%, 28%, 7%

Lab86.94, 0.17, 24.73

XYZ66.5, 69.88, 48.51

Decimal15521963

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e5ca8c #debb6e #d7ad4f #d09f30 #b28828 #947121 #75591a #564214 #382a0d #191306

Tints of wheat

#efdeb9 #f2e5c7 #f5ebd5 #f9f2e3 #fcf8f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#abbfec Analogous#ecb8ab Analogous#e0ecab Triadic#abecd8 Triadic#d8abec Split complementary#abe0ec Split complementary#b8abec

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 28, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecd8ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 28 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 30 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #ecd8ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecd8ab; }
.text { color: #ecd8ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecd8ab; }

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 #ecd8ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecd8ab 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 #ecd8ab 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 #ecd8ab 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

Every value on this page for #ecd8ab is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.