Crayola crayon color

Crayola Timberwolf #DBD7D2

Crayola Timberwolf is shown here as #DBD7D2, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light gray in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.881 with chroma 0.008, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is gainsboro (#DCDCDC), ΔE2000 3.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.6831
OKLCH L · C · h
0.881 · 0.008 · 73.7
Best text
Black 14.66:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#DBD7D2 color codes

HEX
#DBD7D2
RGB
rgb(219, 215, 210)
HSL
hsl(33, 11%, 84%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.881 0.008 73.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.881 0.002 0.008)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 86.16, a* 0.48, b* 2.94
XYZ (D65)
X 65.15, Y 68.31, Z 70.71
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 2%, 4%, 14%)

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 #DBD7D2 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.66:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.43:1.

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

    14.66:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +82

  • White text on it

    1.43:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −23

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.43:1

  • As text on black

    14.66:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −82

  • As text on white

    1.43:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +20

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.43:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #797671 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.88 to 0.57 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #DBD7D2 14.66:1

    It already reaches 14.66:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #DBD7D2 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 #DBD7D2

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DBD7D2 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#F8F4F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#EEEBE6
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.66
  3. 200This color#DBD7D2
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.66
  4. 300#C1BDB8
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#A4A19C
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.15
  6. 500#898581
    White
    3.66
    Black
    5.73
  7. 600#726E6A
    White
    5.05
    Black
    4.15
  8. 700#5B5753
    White
    7.15
    Black
    2.93
  9. 800#423F3B
    White
    10.46
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#2B2825
    White
    14.65
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#181613
    White
    18.05
    Black
    1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #DBD7D2 can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #DBD7D2: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.008
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
579 nm
Excitation purity
3%
Chromaticity
x 0.3191, y 0.3346

Mixing

Mixing #DBD7D2

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%#EDEBE9
  • OKLab50%#EDEBE8
  • OKLCH50%#EDEBE8

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6E6C69
  • OKLab50%#545250
  • OKLCH50%#545250
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #dbd7d2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #dbd7d2 50%, white);

In use

#DBD7D2 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, 4.5:114.66:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.43:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.43:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.43:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #797671 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.66:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:113.08:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:113.08:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:113.08:1 Passes

Color vision

How #DBD7D2 looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 3.4 at most.

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

    #D9D7D2 ΔE2000 1.0

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #DAD8D2 ΔE2000 1.3

    Very close

    Reads as light gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #DDD6D6 ΔE2000 3.4

    Close match

    Reads as light gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #D8D8D8 ΔE2000 2.8

    Close match

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #DBD7D2

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #181613 · 12.60:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5B5753 · 4.99:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C1BDB8 · 1.30:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-timberwolf: #dbd7d2;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-timberwolf': '#dbd7d2',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-timberwolf: oklch(0.881 0.008 73.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-timberwolf": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8588, 0.8431, 0.8235],
        "hex": "#dbd7d2"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Timberwolf"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaTimberwolf = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.859, green: 0.843, blue: 0.824, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaTimberwolf = Color(0xFFDBD7D2)
}

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 #DBD7D2 in the tools

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