Crayola crayon color

Crayola Burnt Sienna #EA7E5D

Crayola Burnt Sienna is shown here as #EA7E5D, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.707, chroma 0.141 and hue 37.8°. The nearest CSS named color is coral (#FF7F50), ΔE2000 4.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.3320
OKLCH L · C · h
0.707 · 0.141 · 37.8
Best text
Black 7.64:1
Hue family
Red
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#EA7E5D color codes

HEX
#EA7E5D
RGB
rgb(234, 126, 93)
HSL
hsl(14, 77%, 64%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.707 0.141 37.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.707 0.112 0.087)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 64.33, a* 38.69, b* 36.41
XYZ (D65)
X 43.37, Y 33.21, Z 14.48
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 46%, 60%, 8%)

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 #EA7E5D accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.64:1, 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

    7.64:1

    • 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 −57

  • As text on black

    7.64:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −49

  • 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

    #BF5737 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.71 to 0.58 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #EA7E5D 7.64:1

    It already reaches 7.64:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #EA7E5D 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 #EA7E5D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EA7E5D sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2EE
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#FFE5DD
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.50
  3. 200#FFC9B9
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.30
  4. 300#FFA286
    White
    1.95
    Black
    10.76
  5. 400This color#EA7E5D
    White
    2.74
    Black
    7.64
  6. 500#CC6343
    White
    3.86
    Black
    5.43
  7. 600#B04B2B
    White
    5.40
    Black
    3.88
  8. 700#943413
    White
    7.60
    Black
    2.75
  9. 800#721F00
    White
    10.98
    Black
    1.91
  10. 900#4C1100
    White
    15.13
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#2E0700
    White
    18.31
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #EA7E5D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.189; #EA7E5D uses 75% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.240 there: 27% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.141
sRGB edge
0.189
Display P3 edge
0.240
Rec. 2020 edge
0.263
Dominant wavelength
596 nm
Excitation purity
56%
Chromaticity
x 0.4763, y 0.3647
  • This color#EA7E5D
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF6C3E
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.707 0.240 37.8)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ea7e5d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.3849 0.1526); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #EA7E5D

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%#F5BFAE
  • OKLab50%#F9C0AE
  • OKLCH50%#F9C0AE

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#753F2F
  • OKLab50%#5A2D1F
  • OKLCH50%#5A2D1F

Its complement #00B3D5

  • sRGB50%#759999
  • OKLab50%#A59F9D
  • OKLCH50%#B889E1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ea7e5d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ea7e5d 50%, white);

In use

#EA7E5D 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, 4.5:17.64:1 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 #BF5737 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.64:1 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 #EA7E5D looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.9; tritanopia changes it least, 12.9.

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

    #9A8E5A ΔE2000 27.8

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B4A55B ΔE2000 29.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF6B76 ΔE2000 12.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9C9C9C ΔE2000 24.8

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00B3D5. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#EA7E5D · #00B3D556.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#9A8E5A · #9DADD737.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B4A55B · #859CD544.3Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF6B76 · #00BEBE60.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9C9C9C · #A4A4A42.4Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #EA7E5D

Its complement is #00B3D5, 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#EA7E5D
  • Complement#00B3D5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#E97890
  • Base#EA7E5D
  • +30°#DA8D2A

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EA7E5D
  • +120°#3FBB7E
  • +240°#8C96F7

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EA7E5D
  • +150°#00B9AE
  • +210°#4EA7F4

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-burnt-sienna: #ea7e5d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-burnt-sienna': '#ea7e5d',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-burnt-sienna: oklch(0.707 0.141 37.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-burnt-sienna": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9176, 0.4941, 0.3647],
        "hex": "#ea7e5d"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Burnt Sienna"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaBurntSienna = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.918, green: 0.494, blue: 0.365, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaBurntSienna = Color(0xFFEA7E5D)
}

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 #EA7E5D in the tools

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