Crayola crayon color

Crayola Gold #E7C697

Crayola Gold is shown here as #E7C697, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted amber in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.844, chroma 0.072 and hue 76.3°. The nearest CSS named color is burlywood (#DEB887), ΔE2000 3.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.5961
OKLCH L · C · h
0.844 · 0.072 · 76.3
Best text
Black 12.92:1
Hue family
Orange
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#E7C697 color codes

HEX
#E7C697
RGB
rgb(231, 198, 151)
HSL
hsl(35, 62%, 75%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.844 0.072 76.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.844 0.017 0.070)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 81.63, a* 5.08, b* 27.90
XYZ (D65)
X 58.74, Y 59.61, Z 37.68
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 14%, 35%, 9%)

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 #E7C697 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 12.92:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.62:1.

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

    12.92:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +75

  • White text on it

    1.62:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −31

  • As text on black

    12.92:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −75

  • As text on white

    1.62:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +27

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #8F7145 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.84 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #E7C697 12.92:1

    It already reaches 12.92:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #E7C697 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 #E7C697

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E7C697 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#FFF3E3
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#FFE7C6
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.49
  3. 200This color#E7C697
    White
    1.62
    Black
    12.92
  4. 300#D7B88D
    White
    1.88
    Black
    11.13
  5. 400#BB9C6F
    White
    2.59
    Black
    8.09
  6. 500#9F8054
    White
    3.69
    Black
    5.68
  7. 600#87693D
    White
    5.09
    Black
    4.11
  8. 700#6E5228
    White
    7.23
    Black
    2.90
  9. 800#543A11
    White
    10.55
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#392400
    White
    14.72
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#211300
    White
    18.13
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #E7C697 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.139; #E7C697 uses 52% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.174 there: 25% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.072
sRGB edge
0.139
Display P3 edge
0.174
Rec. 2020 edge
0.207
Dominant wavelength
579 nm
Excitation purity
33%
Chromaticity
x 0.3764, y 0.3821
  • This color#E7C697
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFBE58
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.844 0.174 76.3)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #e7c697;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.7412 0.2751); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E7C697

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%#F3E3CB
  • OKLab50%#F3E3CB
  • OKLCH50%#F3E3CB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#74634C
  • OKLab50%#594B37
  • OKLCH50%#594B37

Its complement #ADCEFB

  • sRGB50%#CACAC9
  • OKLab50%#CBCBCC
  • OKLCH50%#9EDBC1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e7c697, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e7c697 50%, white);

In use

#E7C697 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, 4.5:112.92:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.62:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.62:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.62:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8F7145 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:112.92:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.52:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:111.52:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.52:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E7C697 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 19.6; protanopia changes it least, 7.2.

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

    #D3C694 ΔE2000 7.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #DBCE98 ΔE2000 7.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F4BDBA ΔE2000 19.6

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #CBCBCB ΔE2000 17.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #ADCEFB. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#E7C697 · #ADCEFB34.3Stays distinct
Protanopia#D3C694 · #BED0FD35.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#DBCE98 · #B5C8FA37.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#F4BDBA · #96D8DD38.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#CBCBCB · #CBCBCB0.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E7C697

Its complement is #ADCEFB, a pale 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#E7C697
  • Complement#ADCEFB

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F4BEA4
  • Base#E7C697
  • +30°#D1CF99

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E7C697
  • +120°#92DBDB
  • +240°#DFBEEC

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E7C697
  • +150°#99D6F0
  • +210°#C7C5F9

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-gold: #e7c697;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-gold': '#e7c697',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-gold: oklch(0.844 0.072 76.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-gold": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9059, 0.7765, 0.5922],
        "hex": "#e7c697"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Gold"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaGold = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.906, green: 0.776, blue: 0.592, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaGold = Color(0xFFE7C697)
}

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 #E7C697 in the tools

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