Wheat

#f2ddb7

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 39 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 #f2ddb7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2ddb7

RGB242, 221, 183

HSL39, 69%, 83%

HSV39, 24%, 95%

CMYK0%, 9%, 24%, 5%

Lab88.93, 1.45, 21.3

XYZ71.02, 74.01, 55.34

Decimal15916471

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#eccd96 #e6bd74 #e0ae53 #da9e31 #c18923 #a0711d #7e5917 #5d4211 #3b2a0b #1a1205

Tints of wheat

#f3e0bd #f4e2c2 #f5e5c8 #f6e8ce #f7ead3 #f8edd9 #f9f0df #faf2e5 #fbf5ea #fcf8f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b7ccf2 Analogous#f2c0b7 Analogous#e9f2b7 Triadic#b7f2dd Triadic#ddb7f2 Split complementary#b7e9f2 Split complementary#c0b7f2

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, 9, 24, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2ddb7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 24 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 26 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #f2ddb7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2ddb7; }
.text { color: #f2ddb7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2ddb7; }

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 #f2ddb7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2ddb7 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 #f2ddb7 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 #f2ddb7 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 #f2ddb7 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.