Wheat

#eed8a4

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

Wheat is a light orange with relaxed 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 #eed8a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eed8a4

RGB238, 216, 164

HSL42, 69%, 79%

HSV42, 31%, 93%

CMYK0%, 9%, 31%, 7%

Lab86.98, 0.03, 28.45

XYZ66.52, 69.97, 45.12

Decimal15653028

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e8cb85 #e2bd65 #dcb046 #d6a228 #b68a22 #97721c #785b16 #584311 #392b0b #1a1405

Tints of wheat

#f1dfb3 #f2e2bb #f5e8ca #f7ecd2 #f8efd9 #f9f2e1 #fbf5e8 #fcf9f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#a4baee Analogous#eeb3a4 Analogous#dfeea4 Triadic#a4eed8 Triadic#d8a4ee Split complementary#a4dfee Split complementary#b3a4ee

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 31, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eed8a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 31 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #eed8a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eed8a4; }
.text { color: #eed8a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eed8a4; }

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 #eed8a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eed8a4 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 #eed8a4 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 #eed8a4 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 #eed8a4 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.