Crayola crayon color
Crayola Beaver #9F8170
Crayola Beaver is shown here as #9F8170, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a grayish orange in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.627, chroma 0.045 and hue 51.1°. The nearest CSS named color is rosybrown (#BC8F8F), ΔE2000 11.7 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2424
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.627 · 0.045 · 51.1
- Best text
- Black 5.84:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#9F8170 color codes
- HEX
#9F8170- RGB
rgb(159, 129, 112)- HSL
hsl(22, 20%, 53%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.627 0.045 51.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.627 0.028 0.035)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 56.33, a* 8.91, b* 13.57- XYZ (D65)
X 25.07, Y 24.24, Z 18.68- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 19%, 30%, 38%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.
Legibility
Contrast: is #9F8170 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 5.84:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.59:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
5.84:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +40
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White text on it
3.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −68
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As text on black
5.84:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −38
-
As text on white
3.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +63
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8D6F5F 4.59:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.57 reaches 4.59:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#9F8170 5.84:1
It already reaches 5.84:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #9F8170 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #9F8170
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9F8170 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #9F8170 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.163; #9F8170 uses 27% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.186 there: 14% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.045
- sRGB edge
- 0.163
- Display P3 edge
- 0.186
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.188
- Dominant wavelength
- 586 nm
- Excitation purity
- 23%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3687, y 0.3565
- This color#9F8170
- Most vivid in sRGB#D26500
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.627 0.186 51.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #9f8170;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7992 0.3938 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #9F8170
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#CFC0B8
- OKLab50%#CFBEB5
- OKLCH50%#CFBEB5
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#504138
- OKLab50%#3B2E27
- OKLCH50%#3B2E27
Its complement #6D8E9F
- sRGB50%#868888
- OKLab50%#888888
- OKLCH50%#7A9076
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9f8170, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9f8170 50%, white);In use
#9F8170 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.84:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.59:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.59:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.59:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8D6F5F 4.59:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.84:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.21:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.21:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.21:1 Passes
Color vision
How #9F8170 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 13.6; tritanopia changes it least, 9.8.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#89836F ΔE2000 12.3
Distinct
Reads as grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#908A70 ΔE2000 13.6
Distinct
Reads as grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#A87C7C ΔE2000 9.8
Noticeable
Reads as muted red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#878787 ΔE2000 13.3
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #6D8E9F. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #9F8170 · #6D8E9F | 27.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #89836F · #868DA0 | 19.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #908A70 · #7E879F | 24.2 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #A87C7C · #5D9393 | 37.4 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #878787 · #898989 | 0.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #9F8170
Its complement is #6D8E9F, a grayish blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#9F8170
- Complement#6D8E9F
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#A27E7C
- Base#9F8170
- +30°#96866A
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9F8170
- +120°#6D9185
- +240°#8884A2
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9F8170
- +150°#689193
- +210°#7989A4
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-beaver: #9f8170;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-beaver': '#9f8170',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-beaver: oklch(0.627 0.045 51.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-beaver": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.6235, 0.5059, 0.4392],
"hex": "#9f8170"
},
"$description": "Crayola Beaver"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaBeaver = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.624, green: 0.506, blue: 0.439, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaBeaver = Color(0xFF9F8170)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #9F8170 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.