All About Color Wheat

#F5DEB3

A soft, warm beige, like the color of ripe wheat.

About Wheat

Wheat is a very light orange color with the hex code #F5DEB3. In RGB it is red 245, green 222, blue 179; in HSL it is hue 39°, saturation 77%, lightness 83%; in CMYK it is 0%, 9%, 27%, 4%. Its contrast ratio is 1.31:1 on white and 15.98:1 on black.

#F5DEB3 Color Conversion

Hex tripletF5, DE, B3
CMYK0.00%, 9.39%, 26.94%, 3.92%
RGB Decimal245, 222, 179
HSL39°, 77%, 83%
RGB Octal365, 336, 263
HSV (HSB)39.09°, 26.94%, 96.08%
RGB Binary11110101, 11011110, 10110011
CIE-L*AB89.35, 1.51, 24.00
RGB Percent96.08%, 87.06%, 70.20%
CIE-L*CH89.35, 24.05, 86.39
XYZ71.91, 74.91, 53.32
CIE-L*UV89.35, 16.71, 33.74
xyY0.36, 0.37, 74.91
Hunter-Lab86.55, -3.15, 24.06
RYB84.04%, 96.08%, 70.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#F5DEB3 on a dark background: contrast 15.98:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#F5DEB3 on a light background: contrast 1.31:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Wheat, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Wheat. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#F5DEB3 · #FCF5E8 · #EABA61 · #B2CAF5 · #E8EFFC

Analogous palette

#F5B2CA · #F5BCB2 · #F5DEB3 · #EBF5B2 · #CAF5B2

Triadic palette

#F5DEB3 · #B2F5DE · #DEB2F5 · #FCF5E8 · #E8FCF5

Tetradic palette

#F5DEB3 · #B2F5BC · #B2CAF5 · #F5B2EB · #EABA61

Monochromatic palette

#E3A32B · #ECC06F · #F5DEB3 · #FCF5E8 · #FCF5E8

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