Wheat

#fcebc3

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 42 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 #fcebc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcebc3

RGB252, 235, 195

HSL42, 90%, 88%

HSV42, 23%, 99%

CMYK0%, 7%, 23%, 1%

Lab93.47, -0.37, 21.52

XYZ79.7, 84.05, 63.65

Decimal16575427

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of wheat

#fade9b #f8d174 #f6c34c #f4b624 #e3a30b #bc8709 #946a07 #6c4e05 #453103 #1d1501

Tints of wheat

#fceecc #fdf1d4 #fdf4dd #fef6e5 #fef9ee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#c3d4fc Analogous#fccfc3 Analogous#f1fcc3 Triadic#c3fceb Triadic#ebc3fc Split complementary#c3f1fc Split complementary#cec3fc

Wheat in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 23, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcebc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 23 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 25 7

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 #fcebc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcebc3; }
.text { color: #fcebc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcebc3; }

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 #fcebc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcebc3 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 #fcebc3 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 #fcebc3 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 #fcebc3 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.