Wheat

#f2dfbe

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 #f2dfbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2dfbe

RGB242, 223, 190

HSL38, 67%, 85%

HSV38, 21%, 95%

CMYK0%, 8%, 21%, 5%

Lab89.57, 1.4, 18.54

XYZ72.3, 75.37, 59.45

Decimal15916990

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone468 C

Shades of wheat

#ebcf9d #e5be7b #deae5a #d79d38 #c18827 #9f7120 #7e5919 #5c4112 #3b2a0c #191205

Tints of wheat

#f3e1c3 #f4e4c8 #f5e6cd #f6e9d2 #f7ebd7 #f8eedc #f9f0e1 #faf3e6 #fbf5eb #fcf8f0

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bed1f2 Analogous#f2c5be Analogous#ebf2be Triadic#bef2df Triadic#dfbef2 Split complementary#beebf2 Split complementary#c5bef2

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, 8, 21, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2dfbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 21 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 23 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 #f2dfbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2dfbe; }
.text { color: #f2dfbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2dfbe; }

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 #f2dfbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2dfbe 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 #f2dfbe 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 #f2dfbe 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 #f2dfbe are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.