Wheat

#fbeac0

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 vivid. 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 #fbeac0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbeac0

RGB251, 234, 192

HSL43, 88%, 87%

HSV43, 24%, 98%

CMYK0%, 7%, 24%, 2%

Lab93.08, -0.64, 22.51

XYZ78.72, 83.16, 61.77

Decimal16509632

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of wheat

#f9dd99 #f6d072 #f4c34c #f1b625 #dfa30e #b8860c #916a09 #6a4e07 #443104 #1d1502

Tints of wheat

#fcedc9 #fcf0d2 #fdf3dc #fdf6e5 #fef9ee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#c0d1fb Analogous#fbcdc0 Analogous#effbc0 Triadic#c0fbea Triadic#eac0fb Split complementary#c0effb Split complementary#ccc0fb

Wheat in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 24, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbeac0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 24 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #fbeac0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbeac0; }
.text { color: #fbeac0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbeac0; }

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 #fbeac0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbeac0 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 #fbeac0 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 #fbeac0 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 #fbeac0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.