Wheat

#efdeb4

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

This is Wheat, a strong orange at 43 degrees. 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 #efdeb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efdeb4

RGB239, 222, 180

HSL43, 65%, 82%

HSV43, 25%, 94%

CMYK0%, 7%, 25%, 6%

Lab88.87, -0.59, 22.74

XYZ69.96, 73.89, 53.75

Decimal15720116

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#e8d094 #e1c274 #dbb454 #d4a634 #b98f28 #997721 #795e1a #594513 #392c0c #191405

Tints of wheat

#f0e1ba #f2e3c0 #f3e6c6 #f4e9cc #f5ebd2 #f7eed8 #f8f1de #f9f3e4 #fbf6ea #fcf9f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b4c5ef Analogous#efc1b4 Analogous#e3efb4 Triadic#b4efde Triadic#deb4ef Split complementary#b4e2ef Split complementary#c0b4ef

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 25, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efdeb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 25 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 27 12

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 #efdeb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efdeb4; }
.text { color: #efdeb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efdeb4; }

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 #efdeb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efdeb4 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 #efdeb4 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 #efdeb4 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 #efdeb4 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.