Wheat

#fce4be

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 37 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 #fce4be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fce4be

RGB252, 228, 190

HSL37, 91%, 87%

HSV37, 25%, 99%

CMYK0%, 10%, 25%, 1%

Lab91.64, 2.51, 21.55

XYZ77.18, 79.9, 60.07

Decimal16573630

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone155 C

Shades of wheat

#fad497 #f8c36f #f7b348 #f5a321 #e28e0a #bb7609 #935d07 #6c4405 #452b03 #1d1201

Tints of wheat

#fce6c3 #fce8c8 #fdeacc #fdecd1 #fdeed6 #fdf0db #fef2e0 #fef4e4 #fef6e9 #fef8ee

Colors that go with wheat

Complementary#bed6fc Analogous#fcc5be Analogous#f5fcbe Triadic#befce4 Triadic#e4befc Split complementary#bef5fc Split complementary#c5befc

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, 10, 25, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fce4be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 25 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 27 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Wheat in css

Copy #fce4be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fce4be; }
.text { color: #fce4be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fce4be; }

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 #fce4be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fce4be 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 #fce4be 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 #fce4be 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 #fce4be 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.