Wheat

#eedfb3

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 45 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #eedfb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eedfb3

RGB238, 223, 179

HSL45, 63%, 82%

HSV45, 25%, 93%

CMYK0%, 6%, 25%, 7%

Lab89.02, -1.6, 23.45

XYZ69.78, 74.21, 53.29

Decimal15654835

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone614 C

Shades of wheat

#e7d293 #e0c474 #d9b754 #d2aa35 #b79329 #977922 #78601b #584714 #392d0d #191406

Tints of wheat

#efe2b9 #f1e4bf #f2e7c5 #f3e9cc #f5ecd2 #f6efd8 #f8f1de #f9f4e4 #faf6ea #fcf9f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b3c2ee Analogous#eec2b3 Analogous#dfeeb3 Triadic#b3eedf Triadic#dfb3ee Split complementary#b3dfee Split complementary#c2b3ee

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 25, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eedfb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 25 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 27 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 #eedfb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eedfb3; }
.text { color: #eedfb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eedfb3; }

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 #eedfb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eedfb3 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 #eedfb3 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 #eedfb3 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 #eedfb3 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.