Crayola crayon color

Crayola Tumbleweed #DEAA88

Crayola Tumbleweed is shown here as #DEAA88, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted orange in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.778, chroma 0.077 and hue 54.5°. The nearest CSS named color is burlywood (#DEB887), ΔE2000 7.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.4606
OKLCH L · C · h
0.778 · 0.077 · 54.5
Best text
Black 10.21:1
Hue family
Brown
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#DEAA88 color codes

HEX
#DEAA88
RGB
rgb(222, 170, 136)
HSL
hsl(24, 57%, 70%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.778 0.077 54.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.778 0.045 0.063)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 73.58, a* 14.63, b* 24.89
XYZ (D65)
X 48.94, Y 46.06, Z 29.60
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 23%, 39%, 13%)

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 #DEAA88 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.21:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.05:1.

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

    10.21:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +63

  • White text on it

    2.05:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −44

  • As text on black

    10.21:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −62

  • As text on white

    2.05:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +40

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #9C6C4C 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.78 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #DEAA88 10.21:1

    It already reaches 10.21:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #DEAA88 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 #DEAA88

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DEAA88 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF2EA
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#FFE6D5
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.53
  3. 200#FCCCAE
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.38
  4. 300This color#DEAA88
    White
    2.05
    Black
    10.21
  5. 400#C79574
    White
    2.63
    Black
    7.97
  6. 500#AB7A59
    White
    3.71
    Black
    5.65
  7. 600#916243
    White
    5.20
    Black
    4.03
  8. 700#784C2E
    White
    7.31
    Black
    2.87
  9. 800#5C3418
    White
    10.71
    Black
    1.95
  10. 900#411F04
    White
    14.76
    Black
    1.42
  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 #DEAA88 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.150; #DEAA88 uses 51% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.189 there: 27% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.077
sRGB edge
0.150
Display P3 edge
0.189
Rec. 2020 edge
0.224
Dominant wavelength
586 nm
Excitation purity
34%
Chromaticity
x 0.3928, y 0.3696
  • This color#DEAA88
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF9A50
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.778 0.189 54.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #deaa88;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.587 0.2384); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #DEAA88

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%#EFD5C4
  • OKLab50%#F0D4C3
  • OKLCH50%#F0D4C3

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6F5544
  • OKLab50%#553F31
  • OKLCH50%#553F31

Its complement #85BFE1

  • sRGB50%#B2B5B5
  • OKLab50%#B6B6B7
  • OKLCH50%#D0A6D2
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #deaa88, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #deaa88 50%, white);

In use

#DEAA88 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, 4.5:110.21:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.05:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.05:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.05:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #9C6C4C 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.21:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.10:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.10:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.10:1 Passes

Color vision

How #DEAA88 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 18.8; tritanopia changes it least, 15.0.

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

    #B9AE86 ΔE2000 15.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C5B988 ΔE2000 15.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #ECA0A1 ΔE2000 15.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #B5B5B5 ΔE2000 18.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #85BFE1. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#DEAA88 · #85BFE135.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#B9AE86 · #AFBDE331.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#C5B988 · #A2B3E035.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#ECA0A1 · #61C8CA45.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#B5B5B5 · #B8B8B80.8Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #DEAA88

Its complement is #85BFE1, a light 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#DEAA88
  • Complement#85BFE1

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#E4A49E
  • Base#DEAA88
  • +30°#CEB37E

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#DEAA88
  • +120°#81C7B3
  • +240°#B9AEE3

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#DEAA88
  • +150°#79C5CE
  • +210°#9EB7E9

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-tumbleweed: #deaa88;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-tumbleweed': '#deaa88',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-tumbleweed: oklch(0.778 0.077 54.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-tumbleweed": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8706, 0.6667, 0.5333],
        "hex": "#deaa88"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Tumbleweed"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaTumbleweed = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.871, green: 0.667, blue: 0.533, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaTumbleweed = Color(0xFFDEAA88)
}

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 #DEAA88 in the tools

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