Wheat

#fcecc4

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 43 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Wheat color values

Every conversion for #fcecc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcecc4

RGB252, 236, 196

HSL43, 90%, 88%

HSV43, 22%, 99%

CMYK0%, 6%, 22%, 1%

Lab93.74, -0.73, 21.37

XYZ80.1, 84.67, 64.35

Decimal16575684

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of wheat

#fadf9c #f8d275 #f6c64d #f4b925 #e4a60c #bc890a #946c08 #6d4f06 #453204 #1d1501

Tints of wheat

#fcefcc #fdf1d5 #fdf4dd #fef7e6 #fefaee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#c4d4fc Analogous#fcd0c4 Analogous#f0fcc4 Triadic#c4fcec Triadic#ecc4fc Split complementary#c4f0fc Split complementary#d0c4fc

Wheat in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 22, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcecc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 22 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 24 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 #fcecc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcecc4; }
.text { color: #fcecc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcecc4; }

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 #fcecc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcecc4 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 #fcecc4 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 #fcecc4 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 #fcecc4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.