Wheat

#f6e1b5

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 41 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 #f6e1b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6e1b5

RGB246, 225, 181

HSL41, 78%, 84%

HSV41, 26%, 96%

CMYK0%, 9%, 26%, 4%

Lab90.22, 0.62, 24.17

XYZ73.27, 76.78, 54.67

Decimal16179637

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#f2d392 #edc46e #e9b64b #e5a828 #cc9219 #a97915 #855f10 #62460c #3f2d08 #1b1403

Tints of wheat

#f7e3bb #f7e6c1 #f8e8c6 #f9eacc #faedd2 #faefd8 #fbf1de #fcf4e3 #fcf6e9 #fdf9ef

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#b5caf6 Analogous#f6c0b5 Analogous#eaf6b5 Triadic#b5f6e1 Triadic#e1b5f6 Split complementary#b5eaf6 Split complementary#c1b5f6

Wheat in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 26, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6e1b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 26 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 28 10

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #f6e1b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6e1b5; }
.text { color: #f6e1b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6e1b5; }

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 #f6e1b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6e1b5 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 #f6e1b5 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 #f6e1b5 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

The figures for #f6e1b5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.