What is the hex code for Wheat?

Wheat is #f5deb3. In CSS the keyword wheat, the hex #f5deb3, rgb(245, 222, 179) and hsl(39, 77%, 83%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Wheat on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #b3caf5, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Wheat for text?

Wheat as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 15.98:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Browns

Wheat color: hex #f5deb3, RGB and HSL

Wheat is the CSS keyword wheat, hex #f5deb3, rgb(245, 222, 179), hsl(39, 77%, 83%). It is a light, vivid orange in the browns family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: wheat
Hex: #f5deb3
RGB: rgb(245, 222, 179)
HSL: hsl(39, 77%, 83%)
On white: 1.31:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 15.98:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: wheat;          /* keyword */
  color: #f5deb3;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(245, 222, 179); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(39, 77%, 83%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with wheat

Each match keeps wheat's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside wheat as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#b3caf5

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#b3ebf5

#bdb3f5

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#b3f5de

#deb3f5

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#f5bdb3

#ebf5b3

Tints and shades of wheat

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as wheat — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#f7e4c0

#f8e9cc

#faefd9

#fcf4e6

#fdfaf2

Shades (darker)

#edc375

#e5a836

#bb8319

#7d5710

#3e2c08

A UI color palette built from wheat

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from wheat as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #f5deb3
secondary: #b3ebf5
accent: #bdb3f5
background: #fdfdfc
surface: #f7f5f3
text: #221c11
muted: #8f7b56
border: #ece7df

Dark mode

primary: #f5deb3
secondary: #b3ebf5
accent: #bdb3f5
background: #1b160e
surface: #282115
text: #f6f5f3
muted: #b8ab94
border: #493d27

Open wheat in the palette generator

Using wheat in an interface

Browns are muted oranges, and they behave like neutrals with warmth: the light ones make paper-like page backgrounds, the mid tones make borders and muted text, and the dark ones can carry body text. Brands that want to feel crafted or organic lean on this family. Whichever role wheat takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Wheat?: Wheat is #f5deb3. In CSS the keyword wheat, the hex #f5deb3, rgb(245, 222, 179) and hsl(39, 77%, 83%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Wheat?: Its complement is #b3caf5, the split-complementary pair is #b3ebf5 and #bdb3f5, the triadic partners are #b3f5de and #deb3f5, and the analogous neighbors are #f5bdb3 and #ebf5b3. In an interface, use Wheat for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Wheat on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #b3caf5, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Wheat for text?: Wheat as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 15.98:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.