Wheat

#f4e5bc

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #f4e5bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e5bc

RGB244, 229, 188

HSL44, 72%, 85%

HSV44, 23%, 96%

CMYK0%, 6%, 23%, 4%

Lab91.19, -1.21, 21.86

XYZ74.4, 78.9, 58.89

Decimal16049596

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone614 C

Shades of wheat

#eed89a #e9ca77 #e3bd55 #ddaf32 #c79a21 #a47f1b #826515 #5f4a10 #3d2f0a #1a1404

Tints of wheat

#f6e9c6 #f7edd1 #f9f1db #fbf5e5 #fcf7eb

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bccbf4 Analogous#f4c9bc Analogous#e7f4bc Triadic#bcf4e5 Triadic#e5bcf4 Split complementary#bce7f4 Split complementary#c9bcf4

Wheat in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 23, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e5bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 23 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 25 10

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 #f4e5bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e5bc; }
.text { color: #f4e5bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e5bc; }

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 #f4e5bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e5bc 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 #f4e5bc 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 #f4e5bc 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 #f4e5bc is computed, not guessed. 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.