Crayola crayon color

Crayola Spring Green #ECEABE

Crayola Spring Green is shown here as #ECEABE, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.928, chroma 0.057 and hue 105.3°. The nearest CSS named color is lightgoldenrodyellow (#FAFAD2), ΔE2000 3.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.8040
OKLCH L · C · h
0.928 · 0.057 · 105.3
Best text
Black 17.07:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#ECEABE color codes

HEX
#ECEABE
RGB
rgb(236, 234, 190)
HSL
hsl(57, 55%, 84%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.928 0.057 105.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.928 -0.015 0.055)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 91.86, a* -6.39, b* 21.67
XYZ (D65)
X 73.31, Y 80.40, Z 60.36
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 1%, 19%, 7%)

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 #ECEABE accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.07:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.22:1.

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

    17.07:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +92

  • White text on it

    1.22:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −13

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1

  • As text on black

    17.07:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −92

  • As text on white

    1.22:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +11

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7A774F 4.58:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.93 to 0.56 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #ECEABE 17.07:1

    It already reaches 17.07:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #ECEABE 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 #ECEABE

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #ECEABE sits at step 100.

  1. 50#F9F8D5
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.41
  2. 100This color#ECEABE
    White
    1.22
    Black
    17.07
  3. 200#DCDAB4
    White
    1.42
    Black
    14.73
  4. 300#C2C098
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.28
  5. 400#A6A47B
    White
    2.55
    Black
    8.21
  6. 500#8B8960
    White
    3.59
    Black
    5.84
  7. 600#737149
    White
    5.01
    Black
    4.18
  8. 700#5C5A34
    White
    7.07
    Black
    2.96
  9. 800#44411E
    White
    10.39
    Black
    2.02
  10. 900#2C2A0A
    White
    14.55
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#191700
    White
    18.04
    Black
    1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #ECEABE can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.197; #ECEABE uses 29% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.229 there: 16% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.057
sRGB edge
0.197
Display P3 edge
0.229
Rec. 2020 edge
0.235
Dominant wavelength
571 nm
Excitation purity
21%
Chromaticity
x 0.3425, y 0.3756
  • This color#ECEABE
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FBED00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.928 0.229 105.3)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #eceabe;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.987 0.9317 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #ECEABE

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%#F6F5DF
  • OKLab50%#F5F5DF
  • OKLCH50%#F5F5DF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#76755F
  • OKLab50%#5B5A48
  • OKLCH50%#5B5A48

Its complement #E4E4FF

  • sRGB50%#E8E7DF
  • OKLab50%#E8E7E0
  • OKLCH50%#FFDEDF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #eceabe, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #eceabe 50%, white);

In use

#ECEABE 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, 4.5:117.07:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.22:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.22:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.22:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7A774F 4.58:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.07:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.23:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.23:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.23:1 Passes

Color vision

How #ECEABE looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 16.9; deuteranopia changes it least, 3.1.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #F2E6BB ΔE2000 3.7

    Close match

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F3E9C0 ΔE2000 3.1

    Close match

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F3E4DE ΔE2000 16.9

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #E8E8E8 ΔE2000 15.4

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #E4E4FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#ECEABE · #E4E4FF29.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#F2E6BB · #DEE7FF26.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#F3E9C0 · #DDE5FE26.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#F3E4DE · #DFE8ED11.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#E8E8E8 · #E6E6E60.4Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #ECEABE

Its complement is #E4E4FF, a pale grayish violet, 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#ECEABE
  • Complement#E4E4FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FEE2BD
  • Base#ECEABE
  • +30°#D7F0CA

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#ECEABE
  • +120°#C7EEFF
  • +240°#FFDBEE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#ECEABE
  • +150°#D8E9FF
  • +210°#F4DDFF

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-spring-green: #eceabe;
}

Tailwind config

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

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-spring-green: oklch(0.928 0.057 105.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-spring-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9255, 0.9176, 0.7451],
        "hex": "#eceabe"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Spring Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaSpringGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.925, green: 0.918, blue: 0.745, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaSpringGreen = Color(0xFFECEABE)
}

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 #ECEABE in the tools

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