CSS named color

Wheat #F5DEB3

Wheat is light vivid orange. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Wheat used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox

1.31:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Aa The quick brown fox

15.98:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Wheat — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white

Shadesmixed toward black

Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Wheat by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#F5DEB3 ≈ Navajo White #B2CAF5 ≈ Light Blue

Analogous

#F5BCB2 ≈ Light Pink #F5DEB3 ≈ Navajo White #EBF5B2 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

Triadic

#F5DEB3 ≈ Navajo White #B2F5DE ≈ Pale Turquoise #DEB2F5 ≈ Plum

Split-complementary

#F5DEB3 ≈ Navajo White #B2EBF5 ≈ Pale Turquoise #BCB2F5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

Tetradic

#F5DEB3 ≈ Navajo White #B2F5BC ≈ Pale Green #B2CAF5 ≈ Light Blue #F5B2EB ≈ Pink

Use Wheat in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#f5deb3], border-[#f5deb3].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Wheat into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Navajo White #FFDEAD Peach Puff #FFDAB9 Moccasin #FFE4B5 Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA Bisque #FFE4C4 Blanched Almond #FFEBCD

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