Crayola crayon color
Crayola Brown #B4674D
Crayola Brown is shown here as #B4674D, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft red in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.595, chroma 0.106 and hue 39.3°. The nearest CSS named color is sienna (#A0522D), ΔE2000 8.7 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1994
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.595 · 0.106 · 39.3
- Best text
- Black 4.98:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#B4674D color codes
- HEX
#B4674D- RGB
rgb(180, 103, 77)- HSL
hsl(15, 41%, 50%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.595 0.106 39.3)- OKLab
oklab(0.595 0.082 0.067)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 51.77, a* 28.30, b* 27.98- XYZ (D65)
X 25.01, Y 19.94, Z 9.55- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 43%, 57%, 29%)
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 #B4674D accessible?
Black text on it reaches 4.98:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.21:1, 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
4.98:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +35
-
White text on it
4.21:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −74
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As text on black
4.98:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −32
-
As text on white
4.21:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +68
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#AD6147 4.58:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.59 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#B4674D 4.98:1
It already reaches 4.98:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #B4674D 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 #B4674D
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #B4674D sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #B4674D can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.189; #B4674D uses 56% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.214 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.106
- sRGB edge
- 0.189
- Display P3 edge
- 0.214
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.214
- Dominant wavelength
- 594 nm
- Excitation purity
- 51%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4589, y 0.3659
- This color#B4674D
- Most vivid in sRGB#D64800
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.595 0.214 39.3)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #b4674d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8092 0.2821 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #B4674D
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%#DAB3A6
- OKLab50%#DCB2A4
- OKLCH50%#DCB2A4
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#5A3427
- OKLab50%#442318
- OKLCH50%#442318
Its complement #088DAA
- sRGB50%#5E7A7C
- OKLab50%#7F7F7F
- OKLCH50%#926CAF
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #b4674d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #b4674d 50%, white);In use
#B4674D 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, 4.5:14.98:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.21:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.21:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.21:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AD6147 4.58:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.98:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.44:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.44:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.44:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B6684E 4.53:1
Color vision
How #B4674D looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.4; tritanopia changes it least, 11.8.
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
#7B714B ΔE2000 22.6
Distinct
Reads as muted brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8D824C ΔE2000 24.4
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#C45A61 ΔE2000 11.8
Distinct
Reads as soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#7B7B7B ΔE2000 22.6
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #088DAA. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #B4674D · #088DAA | 48.4 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #7B714B · #7B89AC | 32.7 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8D824C · #687BAA | 39.0 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #C45A61 · #009696 | 52.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #7B7B7B · #818181 | 2.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #B4674D
Its complement is #088DAA, a soft 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#B4674D
- Complement#088DAA
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#B46271
- Base#B4674D
- +30°#A7722E
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#B4674D
- +120°#3B9268
- +240°#7277BD
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#B4674D
- +150°#00928C
- +210°#4883BB
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-brown: #b4674d;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-brown': '#b4674d',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-brown: oklch(0.595 0.106 39.3);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-brown": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7059, 0.4039, 0.302],
"hex": "#b4674d"
},
"$description": "Crayola Brown"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaBrown = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.706, green: 0.404, blue: 0.302, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaBrown = Color(0xFFB4674D)
}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 #B4674D 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.