Wheat

#ecddad

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

This is Wheat, a strong yellow at 46 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 #ecddad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecddad

RGB236, 221, 173

HSL46, 62%, 80%

HSV46, 27%, 93%

CMYK0%, 6%, 27%, 7%

Lab88.24, -2.13, 25.47

XYZ67.99, 72.56, 49.96

Decimal15523245

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone614 C

Shades of wheat

#e5d08e#dec470#d7b751#d0aa32#b29229#947922#75601b#564714#382d0d#191406

Tints of wheat

#efe3bb#f2e8c8#f5eed6#f9f3e3#faf6ea#fcf9f1

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#adbcecAnalogous#ecbeadAnalogous#dbecadTriadic#adecddTriadic#ddadecSplit complementary#addbecSplit complementary#beadec

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, 6, 27, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 27 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 29 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 #ecddad straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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