Crayola crayon color
Crayola Sepia #A5694F
Crayola Sepia is shown here as #A5694F, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a muted red in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.579, chroma 0.086 and hue 44.1°. The nearest CSS named color is sienna (#A0522D), ΔE2000 8.1 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1867
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.579 · 0.086 · 44.1
- Best text
- Black 4.73:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#A5694F color codes
- HEX
#A5694F- RGB
rgb(165, 105, 79)- HSL
hsl(18, 35%, 48%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.579 0.086 44.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.579 0.062 0.060)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 50.30, a* 21.14, b* 24.55- XYZ (D65)
X 21.98, Y 18.67, Z 9.84- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 36%, 52%, 35%)
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 #A5694F accessible?
Black text on it reaches 4.73:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.43:1, 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
4.73:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +33
-
White text on it
4.43:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −76
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As text on black
4.73:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −31
-
As text on white
4.43:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +70
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#A3684E 4.51:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.58 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#A5694F 4.73:1
It already reaches 4.73:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #A5694F 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 #A5694F
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #A5694F sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #A5694F can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.169; #A5694F uses 51% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.191 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.086
- sRGB edge
- 0.169
- Display P3 edge
- 0.191
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.192
- Dominant wavelength
- 591 nm
- Excitation purity
- 46%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4353, y 0.3697
- This color#A5694F
- Most vivid in sRGB#C74F00
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.579 0.191 44.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #a5694f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7539 0.3108 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #A5694F
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%#D2B4A7
- OKLab50%#D3B2A4
- OKLCH50%#D3B2A4
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#533528
- OKLab50%#3D2419
- OKLCH50%#3D2419
Its complement #3685A0
- sRGB50%#6E7778
- OKLab50%#7A7A7A
- OKLCH50%#658550
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #a5694f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #a5694f 50%, white);In use
#A5694F 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, 4.5:14.73:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.43:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.43:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.43:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A3684E 4.51:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.73:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.22:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.22:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.22:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AB6F55 4.58:1
Color vision
How #A5694F looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.6; tritanopia changes it least, 11.9.
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
#79704D ΔE2000 19.4
Distinct
Reads as muted brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#877D4F ΔE2000 20.2
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#B25F62 ΔE2000 11.9
Distinct
Reads as soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#787878 ΔE2000 20.6
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #3685A0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #A5694F · #3685A0 | 41.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #79704D · #7682A1 | 30.2 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #877D4F · #6777A0 | 35.6 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #B25F62 · #008D8E | 48.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #787878 · #7C7C7C | 1.6 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #A5694F
Its complement is #3685A0, a muted 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#A5694F
- Complement#3685A0
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#A7646A
- Base#A5694F
- +30°#99723C
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#A5694F
- +120°#438A6C
- +240°#7473AC
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#A5694F
- +150°#2A8A89
- +210°#557DAC
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-sepia: #a5694f;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-sepia': '#a5694f',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-sepia: oklch(0.579 0.086 44.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-sepia": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.6471, 0.4118, 0.3098],
"hex": "#a5694f"
},
"$description": "Crayola Sepia"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaSepia = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.647, green: 0.412, blue: 0.310, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaSepia = Color(0xFFA5694F)
}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 #A5694F 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.