Crayola crayon color
Crayola Chestnut #BC5D58
Crayola Chestnut is shown here as #BC5D58, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft red in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.592, chroma 0.123 and hue 24.6°. The nearest CSS named color is indianred (#CD5C5C), ΔE2000 3.5 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1922
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.592 · 0.123 · 24.6
- Best text
- Black 4.84:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#BC5D58 color codes
- HEX
#BC5D58- RGB
rgb(188, 93, 88)- HSL
hsl(3, 43%, 54%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.592 0.123 24.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.592 0.112 0.051)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 50.95, a* 37.71, b* 20.76- XYZ (D65)
X 26.42, Y 19.23, Z 11.55- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 51%, 53%, 26%)
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 #BC5D58 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 4.84:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.33:1, 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
4.84:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +34
-
White text on it
4.33:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −75
-
As text on black
4.84:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −32
-
As text on white
4.33:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +69
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#B95A55 4.50:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.59 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#BC5D58 4.84:1
It already reaches 4.84:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #BC5D58 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 #BC5D58
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #BC5D58 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #BC5D58 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.240; #BC5D58 uses 51% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.270 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.123
- sRGB edge
- 0.240
- Display P3 edge
- 0.270
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.310
- Dominant wavelength
- 607 nm
- Excitation purity
- 44%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4619, y 0.3362
- This color#BC5D58
- Most vivid in sRGB#EB0029
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.592 0.270 24.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #bc5d58;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8817 0 0.1485); }
}Mixing
Mixing #BC5D58
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%#DEAEAC
- OKLab50%#E2AEA9
- OKLCH50%#E2AEA9
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#5E2F2C
- OKLab50%#471F1D
- OKLCH50%#471F1D
Its complement #008F9A
- sRGB50%#5E7679
- OKLab50%#847B7A
- OKLCH50%#7D852C
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #bc5d58, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #bc5d58 50%, white);In use
#BC5D58 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, 4.5:14.84:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.33:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.33:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.33:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B95A55 4.50:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.84:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.32:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.32:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.32:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C1625C 4.61:1
Color vision
How #BC5D58 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.6; tritanopia changes it least, 5.7.
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
#736D57 ΔE2000 26.9
Distinct
Reads as grayish brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8B8156 ΔE2000 29.6
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#CC4E5C ΔE2000 5.7
Noticeable
Reads as soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#797979 ΔE2000 23.8
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008F9A. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #BC5D58 · #008F9A | 46.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #736D57 · #82889B | 23.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8B8156 · #707C9A | 31.1 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #CC4E5C · #009692 | 56.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #797979 · #818181 | 3.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #BC5D58
Its complement is #008F9A, a soft cyan, 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#BC5D58
- Complement#008F9A
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#B55C82
- Base#BC5D58
- +30°#B5672B
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#BC5D58
- +120°#4A904D
- +240°#597BC7
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#BC5D58
- +150°#009379
- +210°#0788BC
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-chestnut: #bc5d58;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-chestnut': '#bc5d58',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-chestnut: oklch(0.592 0.123 24.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-chestnut": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7373, 0.3647, 0.3451],
"hex": "#bc5d58"
},
"$description": "Crayola Chestnut"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaChestnut = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.737, green: 0.365, blue: 0.345, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaChestnut = Color(0xFFBC5D58)
}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 #BC5D58 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.