Wheat

#f1e4c1

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

Wheat sits in the orange range, light and strong. 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 #f1e4c1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f1e4c1

RGB241, 228, 193

HSL44, 63%, 85%

HSV44, 20%, 95%

CMYK0%, 5%, 20%, 5%

Lab90.8, -1.09, 18.69

XYZ73.64, 78.04, 61.63

Decimal15852737

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of wheat

#ead6a0#e2c77f#dbb95e#d3ab3d#be962b#9d7c23#7c621c#5b4814#3a2e0d#191406

Tints of wheat

#f3e8ca#f5ecd4#f7f0dd#faf5e7#fcf9f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#c1cef1Analogous#f1ccc1Analogous#e6f1c1Triadic#c1f1e4Triadic#e4c1f1Split complementary#c1e6f1Split complementary#ccc1f1

Wheat in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 20, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f1e4c1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 20 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 22 11

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 #f1e4c1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f1e4c1; }
.text { color: #f1e4c1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f1e4c1; }

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 #f1e4c1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f1e4c1 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 #f1e4c1 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 #f1e4c1 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 #f1e4c1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.