Wheat

#fae4bf

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

This is Wheat, a vivid orange at 38 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 #fae4bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fae4bf

RGB250, 228, 191

HSL38, 86%, 86%

HSV38, 24%, 98%

CMYK0%, 9%, 24%, 2%

Lab91.49, 1.91, 20.81

XYZ76.57, 79.57, 60.61

Decimal16442559

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#f7d499 #f4c473 #f1b44d #eea427 #db9011 #b5770e #8f5e0b #694508 #422c05 #1c1302

Tints of wheat

#fae6c4 #fbe8c8 #fbeacd #fbecd2 #fceed7 #fcf0db #fdf2e0 #fdf4e5 #fdf6ea #fef8ee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bfd5fa Analogous#fac7bf Analogous#f2fabf Triadic#bffae4 Triadic#e4bffa Split complementary#bff2fa Split complementary#c7bffa

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, 24, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fae4bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 24 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 26 8

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 #fae4bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fae4bf; }
.text { color: #fae4bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fae4bf; }

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 #fae4bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fae4bf 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 #fae4bf 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 #fae4bf 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 #fae4bf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.