Wheat Screen
A full-screen solid wheat color (#F5DEB3). Fill your whole display, or download the wheat screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a wheat screen?
A wheat screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Wheat, hex #F5DEB3, or rgb(245, 222, 179). It is a very light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 39° hue, 77% saturation and 83% lightness, and its relative luminance is 74.9%. wheat is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Wheat screen at a glance
How a full-screen wheat (#F5DEB3) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 75% of a white screen | Bright enough to use as a light source or fill light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | low (22% of its light) | Less blue than a white screen (33%). |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 16.0:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | red at full power | A dead red sub-pixel shows as a dark dot. |
What people use a wheat screen for
Because Wheat is so light, a wheat screen doubles as a soft light source: prop a phone or tablet beside you as fill light on a video call, use it as a gentle reading light, or as a backlit surface for tracing.
As a saturated color, wheat makes a bold backdrop for product photos, thumbnails and streams, and a strong mood light for a desk or party.
Brown screens produce a warm, low-key neutral wash that works as a cozy ambient light, a muted backdrop for still-life photography, or a calm placeholder colour for signage and mock-ups. Being a dark, desaturated orange, brown keeps blue light low.
As a test pattern, a flat wheat field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#F5DEB3) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the wheat screen
The color is already set to Wheat (#F5DEB3). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with wheat; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — a bright color like this makes a great 1080 × 1920 phone light or a 3840 × 2160 TV fill — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as wheat-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat wheat image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Wheat screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.31:1 · against black text 15.98:1. See the full Wheat color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a wheat screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a wheat wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Wheat on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from wheat in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
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The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Wheat screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a wheat screen?
A wheat screen uses the color Wheat, hex #F5DEB3 — rgb(245, 222, 179). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and wheat also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen wheat?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with wheat and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a wheat screen?
A wheat screen gives off about 75% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, so it works well as a light source or fill light. About 22% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as low blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a wheat screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 16.0:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.