Crayola crayon color

Crayola Raw Sienna #D68A59

Crayola Raw Sienna is shown here as #D68A59, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.701, chroma 0.113 and hue 52.7°. The nearest CSS named color is peru (#CD853F), ΔE2000 5.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.3319
OKLCH L · C · h
0.701 · 0.113 · 52.7
Best text
Black 7.63:1
Hue family
Orange
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#D68A59 color codes

HEX
#D68A59
RGB
rgb(214, 138, 89)
HSL
hsl(24, 60%, 59%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.701 0.113 52.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.701 0.069 0.090)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 64.32, a* 24.14, b* 37.97
XYZ (D65)
X 38.63, Y 33.20, Z 13.82
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 36%, 58%, 16%)

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 #D68A59 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.63:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.74:1.

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

    7.63:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +51

  • White text on it

    2.74:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −58

  • As text on black

    7.63:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −48

  • As text on white

    2.74:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +52

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #AD6433 4.51:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.70 to 0.58 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #D68A59 7.63:1

    It already reaches 7.63:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #D68A59 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.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D68A59

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D68A59 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2EB
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.15
  2. 100#FFE5D6
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.43
  3. 200#FFCBAB
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.38
  4. 300#F4AA7C
    White
    1.92
    Black
    10.88
  5. 400This color#D68A59
    White
    2.74
    Black
    7.63
  6. 500#BB7140
    White
    3.78
    Black
    5.54
  7. 600#A15A28
    White
    5.23
    Black
    4.00
  8. 700#86430E
    White
    7.43
    Black
    2.82
  9. 800#652E00
    White
    10.80
    Black
    1.94
  10. 900#431C00
    White
    14.94
    Black
    1.40
  11. 950#270E00
    White
    18.27
    Black
    1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #D68A59 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.179; #D68A59 uses 63% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.204 there: 14% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.113
sRGB edge
0.179
Display P3 edge
0.204
Rec. 2020 edge
0.206
Dominant wavelength
588 nm
Excitation purity
55%
Chromaticity
x 0.4510, y 0.3876
  • This color#D68A59
  • Most vivid in sRGB#F27800
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.701 0.204 52.7)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #d68a59;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.919 0.4709 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D68A59

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%#EBC5AC
  • OKLab50%#EDC5AC
  • OKLCH50%#EDC5AC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6B452D
  • OKLab50%#52321D
  • OKLCH50%#52321D

Its complement #49ABDA

  • sRGB50%#909B9A
  • OKLab50%#9F9F9F
  • OKLCH50%#74B16F
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d68a59, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d68a59 50%, white);

In use

#D68A59 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, 4.5:17.63:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.74:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.74:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.74:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AD6433 4.51:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.63:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.81:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.81:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.81:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D68A59 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.1; tritanopia changes it least, 18.4.

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

    #A09255 ΔE2000 20.0

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B2A359 ΔE2000 21.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #E87B7E ΔE2000 18.4

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9C9C9C ΔE2000 23.1

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #49ABDA. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#D68A59 · #49ABDA44.6Stays distinct
Protanopia#A09255 · #94A9DC40.9Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B2A359 · #809BD945.4Stays distinct
Tritanopia#E87B7E · #00B8BB54.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9C9C9C · #A1A1A11.5Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D68A59

Its complement is #49ABDA, a light 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#D68A59
  • Complement#49ABDA

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#DD817E
  • Base#D68A59
  • +30°#C19843

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#D68A59
  • +120°#41B698
  • +240°#A191DF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#D68A59
  • +150°#22B3BE
  • +210°#799EE6

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-raw-sienna: #d68a59;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-raw-sienna': '#d68a59',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-crayola-raw-sienna: oklch(0.701 0.113 52.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-raw-sienna": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8392, 0.5412, 0.349],
        "hex": "#d68a59"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Raw Sienna"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaRawSienna = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.839, green: 0.541, blue: 0.349, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaRawSienna = Color(0xFFD68A59)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #D68A59 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.